
Publisher details
- Author
- Bryce Courtenay
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Genre
- Fiction
- Released
- 01 December, 2002
- ISBN
- 9780143004639
Matthew Flinders’ Cat
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Synopsis
Billy O'Shannessy, once a prominent barrister, is now on the streets where he sleeps on a bench outside the State Library. Above him on the windowsill rests a bronze statue of Matthew Flinders' cat, Trim. Ryan is a ten-year-old near-street kid heading for the usual trouble. The two form an unlikely bond.Through telling Ryan the story of Flinders' circumnavigation of Australia as seen through Trim's eyes, Billy is drawn deeply into Ryan's life and into the Sydney underworld.#57 in Australia's Top 100 Favourite Homegrown Reads

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