{"product_id":"9780143119371","title":"The Black Nile: One Man's Amazing Journey Through Peace and War on the World's Longest River","description":"\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpon 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047904067824,"sku":"9780143119371","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780143119371_p0.jpg?v=1763656719","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780143119371","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}