"This is hard-core African travel...[With] Mr. Morrison's peppery
anecdotes, his refreshing honesty and his ability to show how
Africans view their difficulties ... the book gives us a compelling
portrait of life along the Nile-from lonely fishing communities on
Lake Victoria to the cacophonous collisions of Cairo."
-Hugh Pope, "Wall Street Journal"
"Dan Morrison takes the reader on an incredible journey in "The
Black Nile." Weaving together intense travel writing and history,
he has produced a supremely entertaining work, and also an
important one."
-David Grann, author of "The Lost City of Z" and "The Devil and
Sherlock Holmes"
"Morrison's determined travelogue-cum-political reportage...excels
in bringing the place, politics and history of this fragile region
alive."
-Ethan Gilsdorf, "Boston Globe"
"Marvelous...A beautifully written tale of an American on a journey
to find out who else is out there, what they're thinking, why they
do what they do...Every time you think a stretch of Africa is
beyond redemption, Morrison strikes up a conversation with another
thoughtful pilgrim with a funny, interesting, and often hopeful
things to say."
-Tom Robbins, "The Village Voice"
"Beautifully written. A masterful narrative of investigative
reportage, travel writing, and contemporary history..."The Black
Nile" is all at once thrilling, sad, and-most of
all-thoughtful."
-"The Daily Beast"
"Dan Morrison is too young to have been part of the Gonzo movement.
But if Hunter Thompson decided to travel the Nile, from its Ugandan
source to Alexandria, encountering gun-toting whackos, crazed
religious zealots, scary profiteers and a rich cast of characters
in one of the world's most contested regions-well, I think he would
have loved to share his trek with Morrison. Fasten your seat belts,
readers!"
-Laurie Garrett, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of "The Coming
Plague"
"["The Black Nile"] vacillates between racy travel tale and
political commentary... [as] Morrison combines wit with deep
reporting about the region."
- Laura Speyer, "Bloomberg News"
"Part travelogue, part crazy adventure tale, part political
reportage . . . Morrison's African river journey is a paradoxical
mixture of awe-inspiring discoveries, eye-opening human
interactions and perilous escapes."
-Chuck Leddy, "Minneapolis Star-Tribune"
""The Black Nile" reveals a traveler of dark humor and insight,
equal parts Paul Theroux and Bill Buford."
-Robert Twigger, author of "Dr. Ragab's Universal Language" and
"Angry White Pyjamas"
"[Morrison] avoids the evangelical zeal and nanve prescriptions
other Africa books fall victim to...[while] the more adventuresome
portions of "The Black Nile" keep it from reading like a
textbook...[He] teeters dangerously close to gunfights, disease,
and run-ins with the authorities while relying on former rebels,
proto-entrepreneurs, and crooked bureaucrats to get him
through."
-"Outside"
"Morrison's account transcends the travel genre to provide
authentic and timely information on a complicated part of the
world. Highly recommended."
-Melissa Stearns, "Library Journal"
"An unorthodox travelogue... packed with illuminating, gritty
detail."
-"Kirkus"
"Part "On the Road," part "Fear and Loathing in Africa," Dan
Morrison takes us with him on his journey down the Nile-teaching
us, by example, to be explorers of both the world and
ourselves."
-Kevin Sites, author of "In the Hot Zone"
"The only thing more vivid would be traveling the river yourself.
Then again, you may be a little more skittish about contested
borders, rampaging militias and tiny plank-board boats than Dan
Morrison is. "The Black Nile" is eye- opening, breath-taking,
heart-pounding and, frankly, all the adventure I'm up for now."
-Ellis Henican, Fox News Channel
A Village Voice ten best books of 2010
"Evocative . . . [Morrison] pursues every form of transportation
imaginable to follow Africa's longest river from source to
mouth."
-Joshua Hammer, "New York Times Book Review"
"Packed with narrow scrapes, humor and with brazen feats of sheer
adventure, all set against a brilliantly described backdrop. . . .
Morrison skillfully shows us the Africa we rarely glimpse in our
mass-media world."
-Tahir Shah, "Washington Post"
"[With] an engaging series of meetings and encounters . . . . The
cumulative near-misses, the chronic money shortage and the moving
stories have a huge impact by the time Morrison reaches Rosetta in
Egypt . . . A memorable romp."
-Beau Friedlander, "Los Angeles Times"
"This is hard-core African travel . . . [With] Mr. Morrison's
peppery anecdotes, his refreshing honesty and his ability to show
how Africans view their difficulties . . . the book gives us a
compelling portrait of li
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