Eye of a Fly — Justin Smith

Short description: Raised by slum-dwelling alcoholics, an autistic teen struggles to complete college and woo a handicapped girl -- with bittersweet results. Longer description: 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 handicapped but radiant girl who draws Ernest out of his shell.