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 smold...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.