Dinner at Deviant's Palace
An early (1985 but based on earlier work) Powers novel with many of his usual themes such as alcoholism, vampirism, possession, erosion of the self, and the weight of one's past.  Set in a post-apocalyptic LA area.  Not as good as The Anubis Gates or Last Call, but still wildly inventive and full of beautiful imagery.  It won the Philip K. Dick Award and was nominated for a Nebula.  Note: pretty brutal in parts.
Fiction, fantasy, general, Fiction, science fiction, general
Tim Powers
**Tim Powers** is the author of fourteen novels, including The Anubis Gates, Declare, Hide Me Among the Graves, and On Stranger Tides, which was adapted for the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie of the same title. His novels have twice won the Philip K. Dick Award and the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and three times won Locus Awards. Powers lives with his wife, Serena, in San Bernardino, California.