Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: An astonishing performance!

The story for which the book is titled, Rope Burns, is, indeed, an astonishing performance. And in all the stories every nuance is correct, authentic. Every piece of dialog frightenly accurate. Chillingly real. Toole has obviously heard these voices and altho like many Irish writers his stories are, well, not uplifting, they are incredible -- and moving -- slices of life. If you want to see, hear and feel what's it's like to hang out at the gym (not the spa or health club)and if you want to experience really good writing of this genre; read this book. Then take a shower.