"This is the tragic and unforgettable tale of English professor Matthew Holmay and his student Billy Brand, a diagnosed schizophrenic. As their relationship develops, and grows to include Holmay's nine-year-old daughter Evelyn, it threatens to destroy all of the professor's long-fostered assumptions - about literature, parenting, and love." "Set in a fictional Midwestern college town, Billy Brazil is a powerful story of human relationships gone awry."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved