{"product_id":"the-black-nile-dan-morrison-9780143119371","title":"The Black Nile: One Man's Amazing Journey Through Peace and War on the World's Longest River","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A supremely entertaining work, and also an important one.\" -David Grann, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lost City of Z\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Upon hearing the news of tenuous peace in Sudan, foreign correspondent Dan Morrison bought a plank-board boat, summoned a friend who'd never left America, and set out from Uganda, paddling the Nile on a quest to reach Cairo-a trip that tyranny and war had made impossible for decades. With the propulsive force of a thriller, Morrison's chronicle is a mash-up of travel narrative and reportage, packed with flights into the frightful and absurd. From the hardscrabble fishing villages on Lake Victoria to the floating nightclubs of Cairo, \u003ci\u003eThe Black Nile\u003c\/i\u003e tracks the snarl of commonalities and conflicts that bleed across the Nile valley, bringing to life a complex region in profound transition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Morrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143119370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143119371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.07h x 5.93w x 0.76d","brand":"Dan Morrison","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946228187391,"sku":"9780143119371","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7567e72d-be39-461e-b472-8467e571c7d5.jpg?v=1681512123","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-black-nile-dan-morrison-9780143119371","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}