David is thinking that escaping into a good book is a cure for what ails him - too much heavy reality. Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan's book "The Strain" seems to be the top candidate.
Please send positive vibes of your preferred variety to Northeast Indiana - Aunt Gail's gall bladder cancer spread to her lungs. My Uncle Don (her husband of 51 years), her three sons and grandkids are going through a very sad time, too.