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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
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4 editions- Audiobook · English · 2004Bolinda Publishing · 9781740309844
- Other · English · 2006Penguin Random House · 592 pages · 9780143004639
- Other · English · 2003McArthur · 610 pages · 9781552783771
- Other · English · 2002Viking · 610 pages · 9780670910618
FictionHomeless personsBoysAlcoholicsStreet lifeSydney (n.s.w.), fictionFiction, general