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The LA Times calls The Black Nile "a memorable romp."

"The cumulative near-misses and the moving stories have a huge impact by the time Morrison reaches Rosetta in Egypt . . . A memorable romp."

More Reviews!

"A masterful narrative of investigative reportage, travel writing, and contemporary history."

The Black Nile on Fox News' Strategy Room

Watch the latest video at FOXNews.com If you're in New York city this evening, join me for The Black Nile's launch party at Idlewild Books, 12 West 19th St., off Fifth Avenue, at 7pm.

The Black Nile featured on Apple's iPad

Starting today, The Black Nile will be featured as a Book of the Week on Apple's iBookstore, available to users of the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. I just saw my first iPad this weekend and I've got to say it looks really cool.

The Black Nile reviewed in the Wall Street Journal

Above all, Mr. Morrison's peppery anecdotes, his refreshing honesty and his ability to show how Africans view their difficulties save "The Black Nile" from being simply a memoir of an author's self-prescribed endurance test. Instead, 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. Mr. Morrison's more discouraging encounters also quietly pay tribute to triumphs of the human spirit. Mr. Bryan...

Egypt's Battle to Control the Nile Waters

I was standing inside a colonial-era circuit house in a sprawling, malarial city called Malakal in southern Sudan. I had come to see a man about a river, but the man, an Egyptian hydrologist, wasn't talking.

The Black Nile "highly recommended" by Library Journal

"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

Atrocity in Kampala

There's a reason so many Westerners – tourists and humanitarians alike  – visit Uganda in such numbers, and it goes beyond the stunning variety of natural wonders and the equally stunning toll of HIV and the Lord's Resistance Army. It's a wonderful place, full of wonderful people trying to eke their way out of often [...:]

Cut and Print: My first book trailer.

Apparently, no book is complete these days without an accompanying video. Here's mine. I hope you like it. The Black Nile – August 12 from Viking Penguin from DAN MORRISON on Vimeo.

Kirkus Reviews on The Black Nile

"An unorthodox travelogue … packed with illuminating, gritty detail." –Kirkus. Pre-order The Black Nile in hardcover at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and your friendly neighborhood independent bookstore. (Available too on Kindle and as a B&N digital book.)