When I first got the book, I was surprised by the number of pages it had (>1000).

But still, I managed to finish it relatively quickly because the font is big and the content well organized / spaced. I have also ignored a quite a few pages on how to install and configure your environment.

The target audience is without doubt beginners. If you want to learn the Python language, get the book. You won't be sorry.

If you already know Python 2.6 you can just learn the language changes introduced in 3.0.

Read the rest of this review on Alex Gal's blog.