About: One of Us (novel)

One of Us is a novel by Michael Marshall Smith first published in 1998. It was the third novel Smith had published, and is similar in style to his earlier works, Only Forward and , written as it is in sardonic first person prose, and set in a near future version of west coast America where things have become twisted to a sick degree. This time the plot centres on Hap Thomson, a small-time ne'er-do-well, ex barman who has found a lucrative line as a REMtemp taking care of people's unwanted dreams and memories. However, when he finds himself burdened with a memory of a murder he is forced to find the real culprit and face up to his own past mistakes.