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Matthew Flinders' Cat - Paperback

Matthew Flinders' Cat - Paperback

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Author(s): Bryce Courtenay
Publication year: 2004
Pages: 500
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd
ISBN: 0143000985

Note: This is a gently read, used book in mostly good condition. The outer edges of the book are grubby from age but the book is extremely readable.  Because of this, I'm putting it in the bargain bin.

Billy O'Shannessy, once a prominent barrister, is now on the street where he sleeps on a bench outside the State Library. Above him on the window sill rests a bronze statue of Matthew Flinders' cat, Trim. Ryan is a ten-year-old, a near street kid heading for all the usual trouble. The two meet and form an unlikely friendship. Appealing to the boy's imagination by telling him the story of the circumnavigation of Australia as seen through Trim's eyes, Billy is drawn deeply into Ryan's life and into the Sydney underworld. Over several months the two begin the mutual process of rehabilitation. Matthew Flinders' Cat is a modern-day story of a city, its crime, the plight of the homeless and the politics of greed and perversion. It is also a story of the human heart, with an enchanting glimpse into our past from the viewpoint of a famous cat.

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