Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: What a Novel Strives to Be

If only John Kennedy Toole was alive.... He might very well be a contemporary of Garrison Keillor, or a latter-day PG Wodehouse. Such is the brilliance of this book. It is exactly what a novel should be, allowing you to laugh and ponder within a few moments' time. I am left to wonder what sort of book the detractors of this work would amuse themselves with. As for me, I think I'll give this one a second read instead.