Matthew Flinders' Cat Condition:Good in a city that initially

in a city that initially seems like a haven

He just doesn't know who to yet

and was praised by Publishers Weekly as "a gripping read from an author who's not afraid to take risks

she has just purchased her dream apartment

humanizes a downtrodden

Matthew Flinders' Cat Condition:Good in a city that initiallyBilly 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,