{"product_id":"9781468300956","title":"The African Safari Papers","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe African Safari Papers is an intense and outrageous portrait of a family so troubled that their vacation is, in a word, torture.\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.","brand":"The Overlook Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126023405808,"sku":"9781468300956","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781468300956_p0.jpg?v=1763694435","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781468300956","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}