Thanks for the reply - I've looked into that book a little, and it's certainly cheaper than Dearing's. What's stopping me is that its whole remit seems to be examining the very latest theoretical developments and passing judgement on them, which I don't think will be relevant to me or most of my opponents (or maybe, in the case of an opening such as the Dragon, am I wrong?) This is my impression of a lot of the ...Rc8 lines, at the highest echelons it seems to be struggling, but at my level this really won't be an issue, and I'm not so keen on getting a tome telling me to avoid these lines due to something that isn't very relevant to me or the opponents I'm playing.
I guess that I may be asking for a little much out of an opening book. It's a little frustrating that the market seems to be flooded with Najdorf books but not as much for the Dragon. I think I may pick up "starting out: the sicilian dragon", and base any furthur purchases off of the impression I get of the opening from that book.
That said, I'd still be very grateful for any other comments/views!
I'm a Class A player (rated around 1900-2000) and I'm quite eager to adopt the dragon sicilian into my repertoire, and I'd like to know of a good book to help me do so. I have "Winning with the Dragon" by Chris Ward but it's quite old and doubtless outdated, plus I'm more interested in the Rc8 lines in the Yugoslav attack rather than the Qa5 ones he espouses.
Ideally, I'm looking for something that's relatively up to date and offers a wide ranging survey of most of the major lines, without going too indepth (well, it can, but not at the expense of breadth of coverage). I'm not overly concerned with extracting the utmost theoretical advantage out of the opening, and I might be interesting in trying a line even if the most recent theory points to a slight advantage for white after 20 precise moves. At my level, that stuff isn't so important, and the evaluations seem to be constantly changing in this opening anyway.
I do like the look of Edward Dearing's book, but it looks quite pricy. What do people suggest?