I liked the form of Alcock's books. I am not competent to comment on the quality of his instructions for learning a language like C (although I did finally work

I liked the form of Alcock's books. I am not competent to comment on the quality of his instructions for learning a language like C (although I did finally work out pointers) as I am not a professional programmer. I did use his BASIC book with students. I think you should do a review of Alcock's C book when you have read it.