The African Safari Papers
The African Safari Papers
Author: Robert Sedlack
Desc: Richard Clark the narrator of this sharp and sometimes madcap novel is nineteen--a drug-addicted foul-mouthed sex-crazed young man in Africa on a safari with his parents. Obviously this is a mistake. As Richard smolders with resentment he documents the trip in a series of journal entries that are funny sad and piercingly insightful. Juxtaposed with the hostile environment the tense situation becomes explosive: with raw energy and acuity somewhere between Hunter S. Thompson and David Sedaris we see Mom going insane Dad drinking compulsively and Richard busy getting high on smuggled drugs. Anything can happen and it does in this family travelogue for the twenty-first century.