Theo, you've hit the nail on the head. You are absolutely right.

It's a cry for help as clear as anything!

He can't talk to his family about it, so he makes a statement on a public forum, eloquently disguised in yellow perch based subject matter; blatant, yet tongue-in-cheek.


Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."