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"Sandman Slim" by Richard Kadrey. A friend won an advance copy thru Library Thing, and asked if I would like to read it. Even tho its a paper book, (not available digitally yet) its well worth the effort. I'm barely into the first chapter, and already its given me that tingly "oh Lord, what a great book!" feeling. Here is the first sentence:
"I wake up on a pile of smoldering garbage and leaves in the old Hollywood Forever Cemetery, behind the Paramount Studio lot in Melrose, though these last details don't come to me until later."
Here is the synopsis from Amazon:
From Publishers Weekly
Kadrey (Butcher Bird) provides biting humor, an over-the-top antihero and a rich stew of metaphoric language in this testosterone- and adrenaline-charged noir thriller. James Stark spent 11 years killing monsters in Lucifer's arena for the entertainment of fallen angels, but now he's back in seedy, magic-riddled L.A., trying to avenge his girlfriend's murder and hunt down Mason Faim, the black magician responsible for getting him sent downtown. He meets with some initial success, beheading second-rate magician Kasabian (whose head becomes Stark's smart-mouthed sidekick), but he can't find Faim. Instead he encounters Homeland Security agents, a near-psychotic angel and some odd nonhuman, nonangelic beings called the kissi. Darkly atmospheric settings, such as a posh gentlemen's club where angels are tortured in an attempt to bring about Armageddon, bring this violent fantasy into sharp, compelling focus. (Aug.)
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