Matthew Flinders' Cat Academic Why do naturally talented people

Why do naturally talented people frequently fail to reach their potential while other far less gifted individuals go on to achieve amazing things

"When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all

A band of swordsmen on a failed mission

our current predicament and our possible future

Matthew Flinders' Cat Academic Why do naturally talented peopleBilly 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,