After a quick browse at my library for books on the Go Language programming language, this is the book I found. This book will give you the basic syntax, including for concurrency features, in short and understandable demonstrations. Though it did include what you would need to put together a rudimentary REST application, including database access, it did so at the cost of leaving out file manipulation and any broader tour of the standard libraries. I found its coverage of Go pointers, slices, and arrays clear, which was good. I am not sure this book exemplified the best programming style; for example the structure of the web application example was as one monolithic function. I think somebody could get started on Go with this book, but if I was working with them, I think I wouldn't be comfortable having this be their first reference without a fair amount of guidance. Overall, if you're in my situation: you're a working programmer at the library and want to find an introductory tutorial, this should suffice.