Tom Lamont

1 week ago | revistagq.com | Tom Lamont

Hace aproximadamente un año, tras ver a su equipo perder un partido vital, un aficionado de los Dallas Cowboys llamado CJ Boyd se quitó su camiseta de réplica, la hizo una bola y la lanzó por el balcón de su apartamento de DeSoto, Texas. Mientras su pareja miraba sin intervenir y grababa la rabieta con el móvil, Boyd perseguía la camiseta voladora por la calle, la recogía y volvía a lanzarla más lejos. Iba con el torso desnudo. Era invierno. No tenía frío, según me contó, era peor la tristeza.

1 week ago | gq.com | Tom Lamont

About a year ago, while watching his team lose a must-win game, a fan of the Dallas Cowboys named CJ Boyd removed his replica jersey, balled it tight, and hurled it off the balcony of his apartment in DeSoto, Texas. While his partner looked on, filming Boyd’s tantrum on her phone, he chased his floating jersey outside, where he picked it up to hurl it farther along the street. He was topless. It was winter. Boyd didn’t feel the cold, he told me, for misery.

2 months ago | csmonitor.com | Jack Wang |Amanda Peters |Tom Lamont |Allegra Goodman

The Riveter, by Jack WangJack Wang’s debut novel about a Chinese Canadian man serving his country during World War II offers a fresh perspective on an oft-covered conflict. Logger Josiah Chang leaves the backwoods to work in Vancouver’s shipyards. Driven by a love affair and the hope of citizenship, he enlists. Whether he’s in training or in battle, Josiah’s principled decency powers the absorbing tale.

2 months ago | wsj.com | Tom Lamont

I watched plenty of it with him, from the bed if he was in the easy chair, from the chair if he was in bed. Sometimes we sat side by side with our backs to his headboard like an old married couple. I would complain to him about the quality of the programming, the over-bright colors, the relentless cheerfulness. I was of the view that watching daytime telly was about the most wasteful thing any person could do with a precious day. A lazy and complacent view, as I came to understand.

2 months ago | lithub.com | Tom Lamont

In my debut novel, Going Home, out now through Knopf, a group of Londoners band together against their initial instincts to help look after a two-year-old boy who has been left without a home. Who knows where the inspiration for fiction comes from. Readers have pointed out a similarity between my novel and the premise of the 1980s comedy Three Men and a Baby. The New York Times made reference to that movie in the headline of a review that published in January.