Going Home

"Boy-made-good Tâ eo Erskine is back in the north London suburb of his youth, visiting his father--stubborn, selfish, complicated Vic. Things have changed for Tâ eo: he's got a steady job, a brand-new car, and a London flat all concrete and glass. . . . Except, underneath the surface, not much has changed at all. He's still the boy seeking his father's approval; still the young man playing late-night poker with his best friend--unreliable, infuriating Ben Mossam; still the one desperately in love with the enigmatic Lia. Lia's life, on the other hand, has been transformed: now a single mother to two-year-old Joel, she doesn't have time for anyone--not even herself. When the unthinkable happens, Joel finds himself at the center of a strange constellation of men--Tâ eo, Vic, Ben--none of whom is fully equipped to look after him, but whose strange, tentative attempts at love might just be enough to offer him a new place to call home"--