I've learned a lot about tough women and forensic medicine from Patricia Cornwell. Then I read Isle of Dogs. From this book I learned that if an author makes the best-seller list enough times, the publishing house and the critics will not dare tell her when she's produced a real gosh-awful stinker. I'm afraid I smelled this "wonderfully sophisticated romp" from fifty feet away. Next time, Patricia, let me read it first. I promise to level with you.