Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: a churlish, angry book that is brazen in its sympathies

Many people have been inspired by the magical treatment of Earl Long in the now-legendary book The Earl of Louisiana. Some authors have thrived in the tradition of the wary reporter trying to explain a larger than life Louisiana legend, such as John McGuiness sucessfully did with his mid-1980s book, The Last Hayride. Nancy Lemann, however, is no Liebling as she unsuccessfully tries to give us a personal glimpse of Edwin Edwards during his 1980s trials for racketeering. A more gifted writer, a more charitable person, might have given us a book we could care about, but Lemann's obvious hatred for the governor stains and sinks this book. Her repeatedly snide remarks concerning Cajuns are nothing les than racist as she tries to give us a world of political deal-making that she obviously recoils from. I have repeatedly seen this sad book in the bins at the Salvation Army, and it's no wonder why.