Lon is Oriel and Lester Lamb’s youngest son He’s an infant at the beginning of the novel, but as he reaches childhood, he considers his mentally impaired brother Fish to be the baby of the family, despite Lon being the younger of the two. Over the years, Lon grows to become a rude and lazy young man who’s annoyed by Fish’s childlike behavior. Lon marries a girl named Pansy shortly after getting her pregnant, and the two of them and their baby live rather unhappily at Cloudstreet.
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Lon Lamb Character Timeline in Cloudstreet
The timeline below shows where the character Lon Lamb appears in Cloudstreet. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 2
...prawn fishing. Oriel and Lester Lamb have six children: three boys named Mason, Samson, and Lon; and three girls named Hattie, Red, and Elaine. Mason is eleven years old and everyone...
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While Oriel, the girls, and young Lon stay on the beach, Lester, Quick, and Fish walk a large net out into the...
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Chapter 3
...as he often looks right through her and hardly ever acknowledges her existence. Even young Lon considers Fish to be the baby of the family, and Fish often has childlike screaming...
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Chapter 4
...fly off the walls and dance over his bed. Terrified, he runs into Fish and Lon’s room and sleeps in Fish’s bed.
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Chapter 7
Lon Lamb, now a young man and a plumber’s apprentice, is in a foul mood as...
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Chapter 9
At Cloudstreet one day, Lon walks into the kitchen with a black eye and a bruised face. Oriel asks him...
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Chapter 10
...the beach, and everyone in the house adores him and spoils him at every opportunity. Lon and Pansy have their baby as well, and Pansy gets pregnant again very soon afterwards,...
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That same morning, Lon calls in sick from work. As Oriel and the other Lambs pack up the truck...
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