The Quantum Thief
by Hannu Rajaniemi (Gollancz, 2010)
audiobook read by Scott Brick (Macmillan, 2011)
Mind-bending SF that readers are left to unpack largely without assistance. Rajaniemi adopts a non-expository, sink-or-swim approach that is more refreshing than frustrating (though also at times rather gratuitous). Brick’s audiobook narration carries a noir-ish detachment that plays to the quasi-virtual setting.