I picked this up at the Bohemian Bean in Denver, from their book exchange shelves. I saw the movie, and enjoyed it -- so, thought the book MUST be even better.

And correct I was. If you enjoyed the movie, the book will make your day. It is just as much fun (if not more) although I found myself ignoring the description of the characters in the book and "saw" them as the actors from the movie (for example, Shad (played by Ving Rhames) is white in the book -- Yeah, not in my head)

Very enjoyable, and an easy read.