The characters / Catalog entry
Cary Ripton (The Regulators)
Cary Ripton (The Regulators) is recorded in 1 distinct story.
Desperation and The Regulators re-use this name in their distinct casts. Their changed families, ages or circumstances do not establish a single individual crossing narratives; retain separate work-scoped identities.
Also recorded as Cary Ripton.
A separate counterpart
The books explicitly change Cary from a 48-year-old pit foreman to a 14-year-old paperboy.
Stories and supporting passages
The Regulators
Read the passage Spoilers · Story context
Everyone likes the Josephsons. Cary Ripton, who delivers the Wentworth Shopper on Monday afternoons, comes pedaling around the corner and tosses Brad a rolled-up paper. Brad catches it deftly with the hand that isn’t holding the hose. Never even moves. Just up with the hand and whoomp, there it is.
Desperation and The Regulators re-use this name in their distinct casts. Their changed families, ages or circumstances do not establish a single individual crossing narratives; retain separate work-scoped identities.