Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: One of the best spy thrillers I've ever read

This is far superior to most spy fiction, in which the heroes rely primarily on their combat skills and on their brains secondarily; they usually have supporting characters to help them do hard intellectual tasks like read.Fortunately, TASS IS AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE is a complete break from that. There's only a little action right near the end, the focus is definitely on what is, essentially, a giant game of chess between the CIA and the KGB, with agents trying to outwit and outthink one another.Although there could be a little confusion at times (the translations from Russian weren't always clear, and two similar characters share the same name), I certainly didn't see any evidence of anti-Semitism as was claimed. For the most part I am highly satisfied with this Soviet spy novel.