Matthew Flinders' Cat
Appearance
Author | Bryce Courtenay |
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Subject | Australian fiction, homeless persons |
Genre | Adult fiction |
Set in | Sydney |
Publisher | Penguin Books Australia Ltd |
Publication date | 2002 |
ISBN | 0670910619 |
Matthew Flinders' Cat is a 2002 novel by Bryce Courtenay (ISBN 0670910619), published by Viking Press. It records the relationship between a homeless former lawyer and alcoholic, and a young skateboard riding boy with a troubled background, who slowly bond over tales of Matthew Flinders and "Trim", the ship's cat who travelled with him on his voyages to circumnavigate Australia.
References
[edit]- Charles Waterstreet. "Review: Matthew Flinders' Cat" Sydney Morning Herald. January 18 2003