Description
Raised by slum-dwelling alcoholics, an autistic teen struggles to complete college and woo a handicapped girl—with bittersweet results.
Eye of a Fly is a novel of tragedy and redemption with a cast of characters that includes:
- Ernest Wentworth, a profoundly introverted boy who inhabits a world of mathematics and music.
- Tiffany, his innocent younger sister whose friends practice voodoo.
- Warren, Ernest's talented but learning-disabled younger brother whose suicide triggers the novel's finale.
- Harry, Ernest's father. A former Hollywood screen writer, he has always dreamed of drinking hard, seeing the world, and writing like Hemingway — but only succeeded at the first.
- Annie, a brain-damaged but radiant girl with a tragic past who draws Ernest out of his shell.
