The characters / Recurring character
Sonny Jackett
Sonny Jackett is recorded in 3 distinct stories.
Reveal identity notes · spoilers
Castle Rock’s service-station owner is repeatedly named Sonny Jackett, tied to the town sheriff and Pop Merrill despite the station’s varying brand name. Sonny runs the Sunoco station and disputes the repair of Eddie Warburton’s car. Neither account of their dispute is treated as established truth.
Also recorded as Sonny.
Stories and supporting passages
Needful Things
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I’d bet you more dollars to more doughnuts that he’s looking at the Sunoco station. The Sunoco’s owned and operated by Sonny Jackett, and there’s been bad blood between the two of em ever since Eddie took his car there two years ago to get the drive-train looked at.
Sonny runs the Sunoco station and disputes the repair of Eddie Warburton’s car. Neither account of their dispute is treated as established truth.
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The narrator identifies Sonny as owner/operator of the Sunoco station.
The Dark Half
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… day dispatcher, had relayed the initial call to Sheriff Pangborn, and he had used the pay phone at Sonny Jackett’s Sunoco station, where he had been gassing up, to call Mrs. Gamache back. She had given him what he needed on the truck—Chevrolet pick-up, 1971, …
Pangborn uses the phone at Sonny’s station while refueling.
The Sun Dog
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… maintained at Sonny’s Texaco at absolutely no cost at all (the fallout of another little loan, and Sonny Jackett another town fellow who would prefer hot coals pressed against the soles of his feet to admitting that he not only knew but was deeply indebted to …
The narrator ties Sonny’s car service and debt to Pop Merrill.