Going Home: One of the Observer's Debut Novels of 2024

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A best book of the year for the Guardian, Economist and Daily Express
An Observer debut of the year
'Gently comic, bittersweet'
GUARDIAN, Books of the year

'A poignant and generous story'
TESSA HADLEY, DAILY EXPRESS

'In an unsentimental evocation of fatherhood and male friendship, this novel explores the glory and sacrifice involved in learning to love'
ECONOMIST, Books of the year

'Meltingly warm'
OBSERVER, 10 best new novelists for 2024

'Pepped up and gorgeous, just bristling with life'
OLIVIA LAING, GUARDIAN

'Exceptionally touching'
NEW YORK TIMES

'A different kind of love story, beautifully told . . . impressive'
FINANCIAL TIMES

'A beautiful, funny tale of London and lives new and old'
SUNDAY TIMES

'Very funny in places and deeply poignant in others - I loved it . . . word-perfect'
INDIA KNIGHT

'Remarkable'
LITERARY REVIEW

'A spirit-lifting debut'
DAVID MITCHELL, author of Cloud Atlas

'Poignant yet very funny . . . Tom Lamont writes in clear, swift prose about the power struggles that exist in even the most loving of families and the longest of friendships. A lyrical, hypnotic delight'
KATHERINE HEINY, author of Games and Rituals

'I adored every moment. The characters have stayed with me ever since'
BELLA MACKIE, author of How To Kill Your Family

Téo Erskine might have a steady job and a brand-new London flat, but underneath the surface, he's still the boy seeking approval from his father, Vic; the young man playing late-night poker with his best friend, Ben; the one still in love with the enigmatic Lia, now a single mum to a young boy, Joel.

When the unthinkable happens, two-year-old Joel finds himself at the centre of this odd constellation of men - Téo, Vic, Ben. None of them is fully equipped to look after him, but their tentative attempts at love might just be enough to offer him a new place to call home.