His wife fell to the floor one day with a previously unsuspected brain tumor while they were on sabbatical in Italy and died days later; Doug was left to raise their two children alone. I was always amazed he functioned at all, honestly.
I can't tell you how happy I am that he's back to research.
I wasn't a fan of 'Strange Loop' either. I'll be buying this one though.
Glad to hear I wasn't the only one disappointed by it.