Title: Matthew Flinders Cat
Description: Bill 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 Flinder's cat, Trim. Ryan is a ten-year-old street kid heading for all the usual trouble. The two meet and form an unlikely friendship
Subjects: Fiction, Homeless persons, Boys, Alcoholics, Street life, Sydney (n.s.w.), fiction, Fiction, general
Places: Sydney (N.S.W.)