Description: An elementary account of the theory of compact Riemann surfaces and an introduction to the Belyi-Grothendieck theory of dessins d'enfants.
Brief description: Ernesto Girondo is Profesor Titular de Geometría y Topología in the Department of Mathematics at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Review Quotes: "Overall the text is very well written and easy to follow, partly due to the abundance of good concrete examples in every single section illustrating concepts from the very basic to the very technical."
Aaron D. Wootton, Mathematical Reviews