[This review has been completely rewritten on October 24, and the ratings have been incremented from 3 stars to 4]The following review is based on my impression from the first five chapters of the book.This is a great book for those who are already acquainted with the material. However it is not adequate for self-study for the following three reasons:1. No official solutions manual is available, either in print or online. This point is particularly painful as the exercises are intimately integrated in the main text, in the sense that results stated in exercises are occasionally referenced in proofs.2. There is no indication as to the interdependency between the chapters.3. No official errata sheet is available online.