Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Contemporary History and Mystery

Rock and Roll Radical provides a fast-paced and well researched biography of a relatively unknown American "radical"-Dean Reed. Reed, while virtually unknown in the U.S., was a very popular movie star and "rock `n' roll" singer in South America and the former communist bloc countries of Eastern Europe. Reed participated in and witnessed many of the significant political and social events emanating from the late 1950's to the 1970's. Learning of Reed and how events shaped his actions and opinions provides the reader with a broader view of contemporary history. Surrounding this entire story is an excellent narrative that compels the reader to turn to the back of the book to learn more about the mysterious circumstances of Reed's death in East Berlin.