Steve Erickson is a great novelist, born and living in Los Angeles. These Dreams of You (Europa Editions), is set not only in Los Angeles but also in Addis Ababa, Paris, London and Berlin. It's a novel that seeks to find a haven in the midst of our economic despair and our fears of global catastrophe. If the job of a great novel is to render a spiritual picture of its times, this is the novel you should be reading.