<p>Although he did not start publishing until middle age, Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) had over sixty published books to his credit by the time of his death. One of them, the short novel <i>A Clockwork Orange</i> (1962), was to bring him fame and notoriety outside England following the 1971 release of Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation. The prominence of that single novel would impel its author to confront a public continually asking directly or by implication: What else have you written, Mr. Burgess? <p>Burgess produced scores of novels, biographies, books of literary criticism, film scripts, and news articles. A linguist and polyglot who was fluent in eight languages, he invented the language used in the 1981 film <i>Quest for Fire</i>. He translated and adapted Bizet's <i>Carmen</i>, Weber's <i>Oberon</i>, and other operas for the English stage. His <i>ReJoyce: An Introduction to James Joyce for the Ordinary Reader</i> remains a standard in Joycean criticism. <p><i>Conversations with Anthony Burgess</i> captures, through in-depth interviews, a writer of tremendous energy, inventiveness, and self-discipline. The collection brings together interviews from 1971 to 1989, including two pieces published for the first time. <p>Earl G. Ingersoll is distinguished professor emeritus of English at SUNY College at Brockport. He has written, edited, and coedited many books, including <i>Conversations with May Sarton</i> and <i>Conversations with Rita Dove</i>, both from University Press of Mississippi. Mary C. Ingersoll is a retired elementary school teacher who specialized in teaching humanities to gifted students.