Ever read "Snow Crash" by Niel Stephanson? I have, and it was deja-vu for the first few chapters of this book, so much so that I went to check the publication date on Snow Crash (1992) to see who might have copied whom. Near future, girl courier, male saviour, mega-corps playing with people, internet foolings-around. To be honest though, after a while the resemblances were slight, so coincidence may be in action here. William Gibson also wrote "Neuromancer" and "Count Zero", two other cyberesque books I liked much in the same style. Must be the genre, who's name escapes me at the moment.

The style is great: Attention to details that pass for ordinary if you live there, but which readers would find odd; outlandish inventions that could really make sense, an events that are remenicient of Blade Runner.

I'd better outline the story though: A bicycle courier named Chevette, in the employ of mega-hip basement business, snags some sunglasses off a greasy guy at a party near her delivery. Wanting them back are some companies that own more than you can imagine, and they spare no expense in reclaiming them. Into this comes Rydell, a member of an expensive rent-a-cop service known as IntenSecure, and his partner Sublett, who is hyper allergic to everything under the sun. Much more might give stuff away, but this book manages to be both hilarious and damned exciting all at the same time. I recommend it to anyone who likes the techno genre. (Blade Runner, Snow Crash, etc)