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Going Home by Tom Lamont: We are family

I was in two minds about reading Tom Lamont’s debut, Going Home. The synopsis made me think it might wander off into mawkishly sentimental territory but Lamont appeared on the Observer’s ’10 Best New Novelists of 2024’ list alongside Leo Vardiashvili whose Hard By a Great Forest I’d very much enjoyed so I decided to […]

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Books to Look Out For in June 2024: Part One

6 May 2024 / 35 Comments

This first few titles in this batch of potential June goodies have a coming-of-age theme beginning with the only one I’ve already read. Téo finds himself in charge of two-year-old Joel after his mother takes her own life in Going Home, Tom Lamont’s warm-hearted, empathetic debut. Social Services’ machinery grinds into action with the help

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