Add to this thematic weight the fact that Pynchon invokes the tones of multiple genres – detective story, chick lit, teen lit, sci-fi, Tom Wolfean social satire – and the fact that it takes almost 500 pages, most of them frantic with pop-culture references, to unfold, and a sense emerges of the scale of investment Pynchon demands from his reader.
Ring Toss is a new puzzle — to me, at least — and I have to say I really enjoyed the multiple layers of detective work that I had to do in order to get to the alleged "activity" I was supposed to be performing (I admit to nothing).
He had suffered multiple gunshot wounds, and detectives have determined that the killing is drug-related.
Later, the release said, homicide detectives interviewed "multiple" civilian witnesses who said Mr. Scott had ignored repeated commands to drop the gun.
The Lakeland Ledger reported that detectives found multiple social media applications where Rebecca was constantly bullied with messages, including "Go kill yourself," and "Why are you still alive?" Sheriff Judd said parents of 15 girls have cooperated in the investigation and several cellphones and laptops have been confiscated.
On the criminal investigation, it is important to note that from the early stages, MSU Police detectives made multiple contacts with the Ingham County Prosecutor's office.
The man, Richard Tunley, 50, died from multiple gunshot wounds, said Detective William Maher of the Yonkers Police Department.
Now, when Lieutenant Ruane suspects a community gun is behind multiple shootings, he urges his detectives to confirm the theory quickly, beating Detective Fox to the news.
Tribunal detectives have reported multiple sightings of the two most wanted men, Gen. Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader, the prosecutor said.
Mr. Shalhoub has won multiple awards for his neurotic detective on the series "Monk," but he lacks the exuberant temperament of a natural farceur, and his Saunders has a vaguely sinister and funereal aspect, as well as a forced, pseudo-posh accent.
