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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Interesting multi subjects ie history sex alcoholism and a fallen brilliant barrister. Well constructed good read ( ) By co-incidence I saw Flinders' cat Trim the other day....... he's on the roof of the State Library of New South Wales and is easy to miss if you don't know he's there. (In reality he circumnavigated the world with Flinders and met his untimely death marooned on the island of Mauritius.) just near Flinders' statue....... Bryce's inspiration is not far fetched as that particular spot by the Flinders' statue had two homeless people huddled underneath, and St. James station subway has many more. It's quite sad in a city of plenty to see. Matthew Flinder's Cat is the story of a Sydney hobo and a young delinquent boy who meet outside Sydney's Mitchell Library. Outside the library is a statue of the famous navigator Matthew Flinders and also a statue of his cat "Trim" who sailed with him on his circumnavigation of Australia.The hobo and the boy strike up an unlikely friendship and the hobo tells the story to the boy of Matthew Flinder's epic voyage. no reviews | add a review
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 windowsill 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. No library descriptions found.
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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