000			01180nam a2200157 4500
020			_a9780143000983
024			_a52504943
050			_aPR9619.3.C5964
082			_a823.914
100	1		_aBryce Courtenay
245	1		_aMatthew Finders' Cat
260			_bPenguin Books (NZ) Ltd
300			_a500 pages
520			_aBilly 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 form the viewpoint of a famous cat.
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