Year Zero by Rob Reid

This just came out, I didn't see an arc of it but it is so-far funny enough to make me laugh out loud in several places and public guffawing is something I tend not to do because people instantly label you 'crazy'. It definitely has a little touch of Douglas Adams about it.

Earth is of course in danger from aliens but not because of a hyperspace bypass. This time it's the biggest case of copyright infringement since the big bang. You see aliens love earth music-from TV theme tunes to heavy metal and everything in between. And they owe the inhabitants of planet Earth money, several universes worth. Our hero, Nick Carter (no, not the back street boy) is a New York copyright lawyer, low on the food chain and a few months away from termination. But through a hilarious mistake he ends up with alien delegations beating a path to his door. Nick is all that's standing between us and certain annihilation, well him and 'the nine Guardians'