Welcome to Litsy!

Rereading for details: the kids ask why Bob has a cast in only this picture. I told them I'd ask the author. They didn't believe me. I messaged him on Instagram, and he got back to me within the hour. "Bob has gout, a build up of Utica (sic uric) acid in the joints of his foot. It's from a diet of very rich food. It was referenced as '"The disease of kings'" because only the wealthy class could afford such culinary luxuries."

I thought this book was hysterical. It's the second book this week I've read where the predator couldn't eat their prey because they are just too nice.