@ppint. Yes, it was pretty good and I've enjoyed all of Shirley's books that I've read so far. with plenty to go. Wiki has this one as early cyberpunk, but I'm not really all that familiar with the category, so I can't speak to it's influence, which apparently was substantial.
This author was the Capitol Records executive who signed the Beatles to a distribution deal in the US (after Dave Dexter had passed on the earlier singles) and mounted a publicity campaign for "I Want To Hold Your Hand."