Just got done with Joe R Lansdale's Hap and Leonard series. Righteous. He's the guy who wrote "Bubba Ho-Tep" for the uninitiated. The came the upgrade and books on PHP and :blah:. You ever read any Stephen R. Donaldson? If not give Lord Foul's Bane a shot for some antihero goodness.

Hands down though the best read I've come across in the past decade is Lethem's "Motherless Brooklyn" (tourette's stream-of-consciousness p.i. meets zen) - I can't reccomend that one highly enough. This guy can write