Character Theory of Finite Groups

Rating:
Summary: Not clear for beginners
Review: Though Robert Greiss (of the Monster group fame) has assured me that the proofs and theory in the book are all sound, a beginner would have a difficult time believing it. The proofs generally leave a great deal to be proved, and worse to not point out these short comings so that a reader could at least work them out on the side. I am sure that if one understands representation theory then this is a marvelous reference, but for beginners I prefer Curtis & Reiner's Methods of Representation Theory Volume 1, or even the last section of Dummit and Foote's Abstract Algebra which is the best explained intro to representation and character theory that I have found.