''The Metatemporal Detective'' is a collection of short fiction by British fantasy and literary writer
Michael Moorcockbr>
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 book features characters from the Moorcock 'multiverse' including the ubiquitous
Una Persson. Begg owes much to the character of
Sexton Blake, the ''
Publishers Weekly'' termed the stories rather too 'broad' in their parody of established detective trope
The stories were not, according to Moorcock, designed as literary parody.
Begg makes other appearances in Moorcock's work, most recently in ''Zenith Lives!'' and ''The Immortal Seaton Begg'', both from
Obverse Books.
Contents
* "The Affair of the Seven Virgins"
* "Crimson Eyes"
* "The Ghost Warriors"
* "The Girl Who Killed Sylvia Blade"
* "The Case of the Nazi Canary"
* "Sir Milk-and-Blood"
* "The Mystery of the Texas Twister"
* "London Flesh"
* "The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius"
* "The Affair of Le Bassin des Hivers"
* "The Flaneur des Arcades de l'Opera"
References
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Books by Michael Moorcock
Fantasy short story collections
2007 short story collections
Pyr books