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Print: $19.99 Download: $5.99 A new collection of poems about idleness, written by an extremely idle poet. The Inertia Variations is a very slim volume by an Englishman called John Tottenham. The book reveals little by way of biography: there is a blurry picture at the back, of a slim figure with big hair, accompanied by the following text: "John Tottenham was born... he is not available." This author blurb itself is a magnificent rejection of the boastful notes most authors append to their books, and also of course of that modern tendency to be very, very available: business cards now list address, office number, mobile number, home number, email address, website, myspace url and whatever other latest method of staying constantly in touch has been recently sold us. As the Australians say: could you be bothered?
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