Ted Brautigan

Bobby recalls Ted’s saying about time.

Reviewed narrative excerpt refers to this character; this evidence establishes a mention.

On his feet were scuffed cordovan shoes. “Hello, folks,” he said, and smiled with what looked like an effort. “My name’s Theodore Brautigan. I guess I’m going to live here awhile.” He held out his hand to Bobby’s mother, who touched it just briefly. “I’m Elizabeth Garfield. This is my son, Robert.

Theodore introduces himself and asks Bobby to call him Ted; the later breaker is identified by the same full name and Connecticut history.

“Many sayings.” “Ben Jonson called time the old bald cheater,” Ted Brautigan said, drawing deeply on his cigarette and then exhaling twin streams through his nose.

Ted quotes poets to Bobby while smoking.

I like the way Sully John reappeared. Question: Will Roland Deschain and his friends ever meet Bobby Garfield’s pal, Ted Brautigan? And just who are those low men chasing the old Tedster, anyway? More and more my work feels like a slanted trough where everything eventually drains into Mid-World and End-World.

The fictionalized writer diary discusses Ted as Bobby’s friend pursued by low men and considers his meeting Roland. This is a narrative-frame reference.

Theodore introduces himself and asks Bobby to call him Ted; the later breaker is identified by the same full name and Connecticut history.

Ted rides a bicycle beside Stanley Ruiz and returns the officials’ wave.