Tom Lamont

A GUARDIAN, ECONOMIST, EXPRESS AND OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A beautiful, funny tale of lives new and old' SUNDAY TIMES 'I loved it . . . word-perfect' INDIA KNIGHT 'Exceptionally touching' NEW YORK TIMES 'Pepped up and gorgeous, just bristling with life' OLIVIA LAING, GUARDIAN 'Brilliantly observed' NEW YORKER 'Poignant and generous' TESSA HADLEY, EXPRESS BOOKS OF THE YEAR...

"A spirit-lifting debut" DAVID MITCHELL "I will never forget these characters: so pained and funny, so brilliantly drawn, wrestled with and forgiven" HELEN GARNER "Meltingly warm" OBSERVER Local boy Teo Erskine is back in the north London suburb of his youth, visiting his father - stubborn, selfish, complicated Vic. Things have changed for Teo: he's got a steady job, a...