dark, science fiction noir, dystopian, chaldlereque, lean and mean with frequent violence, the new york future we all don't want where an ex garbageman is now an assassin currently under contract to an evangelical fundamentalist christian personality who has invented a new type of heaven. 
is it good, yeah for what it is but it's not my fave type of science fiction, neither is it my fave type of  novel, the characters are all pretty much unredeemable stereotypes, the plot slightly predictable. its an easy read, well put together with an interesting take on virtual reality but adam strnberghs novel is written for the movies not for lovers of literature and this is where it struggles. it's probably going to be a great film, snappy dialogue, lots of blood and fights, some special effects but at the end of the book i felt unsatisfied.