Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: No one bats 1000

I'm a big fan of Berger, but Sneaky People disappointed me. The thesis, in a nutshell: never shoot anything before thinking it through. You will ask if I oversimplify, but for this book I think not. The redeaming qualities are in how the tales are told. It was fun to peek at pre-WWII America: memories of stuff my parents' aunts and uncles told me enlivened the narrative. A younger reader will not have that. I was propelled to the finish by little more than the excellent wordsmithing. In general, I really like Berger. His 'Arthur Rex' is one of my very favorites, for lots of reasons. But 'Sneaky People' did not make me stay up past bedtime nor be late for work. Civilization will not fall if you give this a pass.