As the contributors to this volume show, the autobiographical in Anthony Burgess's works is by no means confined to his two volumes of «Confessions», Little Wilson and Big God (1987), and You've Had Your Time (1990) and the memoir of the musical side of his life, This Man and Music (1982). The papers collected here deal with his approach to the genre, his novels, correspondence and diaries, his background and influences, his poetry and music, complete with the recording of the European première of his «The Brides of Enderby»%br%

A collection of Papers, Poetry and Music from the Anthony Burgess Centre's 2^nd International Symposium, «The Lives of Anthony Burgess', December 10-11, 2004 at the Musée des Beaux-arts, Angers, France .