Altered Carbon

The layers of intrigue and deceit spliced into an exceptionally well detailed world reverberate throughout the first person narrative. Instances of combat, sex, and torture are as lurid and explosive as the psychological/political manipulations are introspective and illuminating. The cyberpunk setting is not overly analyzed but gives enough detail to satisfy imagination, but you'd think with the pharmaceutical know-how and the advanced technology to transfer consciousness and simulate death someone would have found a cure for the common hangover.