<p>Has it been a battle to the death between two poets? Michael Glover has had a lifelong love-hate relationship with Ezra Pound and has for many years wrestled with the idea of a book. In the 1980s he met Olga Rudge Pound's companion and corresponded with their daughter Mary von Rachewiltz the Italian translator of his Cantos - this book has indeed taken years to bring to publication. Be careful though - this rag-bag gathering of musings reflections on what went into the making of such a flawed genius homages and curses could be a gateway drug into your own obsession...</p>