| The Metatemporal Detective | |
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Dust-jacket from the first edition |
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| Author(s) | Michael Moorcock |
| Cover artist | John Picacio |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy short stories |
| Publisher | Pyr |
| Publication date | 2007 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 327 pp |
| ISBN | 978-1-59102-596-2 |
| OCLC Number | 154711419 |
| Dewey Decimal | 823/.914 22 |
| LC Classification | PR6063.O59 M47 2007 |
The Metatemporal Detective is a collection of short fiction by the prolific award winning British fantasy writer Michael Moorcock [1].
The stories chart the adventures of the Holmesian detective Sir Seaton Begg, his trusty sidekick Dr. Taffy Sinclair and his complex relationship with his cousin, nemesis, and occasional ally, Monsieur Zenith. The stories are set in an eclectic range of times and places and were written over the course of Moorcock's long career. "The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius," first appeared in 1966 while "The Flaneur des Arcades de l'Opera," is published here for the first time. The book features characters from the Moorcock 'multiverse' including the ubiquitous Una Persson. Begg owes much to the character of Sexton Blake, the eponymous magazine on which Moorcock began his literary career in his mid teens. Publishers Weekly termed the stories rather too 'broad' in their parody of established detective tropes [2].