Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Gold medal thrillers for the 21st century - excellent!

I can't praise Lansdale enough. As well, I can't understand why he hasn't become as popular as he so well deserves. I LOVE these Hap and Leonard novels, with their wise-cracking, hard hitting, politically incorrect protragonists. This is two fisted action without so much as a concerned whim for anyone's feelings - you will find something to make you laugh on nearly every page. Great stuff. If you haven't yet read Lansdale, this is an excellent place to start. The writing is good enough that any reader will find themselves drawn in, if not for plot then dialogue, and if not for dialogue for setting. Somehow Lansdale pulls it all off without ever seeming strained or contrived. High pulp the stands with the best of them - Goodis, thompson, Whittington, Rabe, and now Lansdale. Get it while you can!