The characters / Recurring character
Thad Beaumont
Thad Beaumont is recorded in 3 distinct storys.
The Dark Half introduces Thad Beaumont. Needful Things recalls Pangborn's case involving Beaumont at the lake house and the aftermath for his wife and twins. Beaumont is the Castle Rock novelist associated with the Stark pen name and the lake-house case remembered by Pangborn.
Stories and supporting passages
Bag of Bones
Read the passage Spoilers · Story context
Ironically, one of the books that kept me from going higher was Sted Machine, by Thad Beaumont (writing as George Stark).
Mike names Beaumont, his Stark pen name and the family’s Castle Rock summer house.
Needful Things
Read the passage Spoilers · Story context
Because you had your own fish to fry. The business with Thad Beaumont, for instance—you really couldn’t get that off your mind.
Pangborn remembers the Beaumont lake-house case and its aftermath.
Read source context Spoilers · Story context
Reviewed narrative excerpt refers to this character; this evidence establishes a mention.
The Dark Half
Read the passage Spoilers · Story context
The real life of Thad Beaumont, a young boy who was born and raised in the Ridgeway section of Bergenfield, New Jersey, began in 1960. Two things happened to him that year.
The narrator introduces Beaumont’s childhood and birth location.
Read the passage Spoilers · Story context
People’s lives—their real lives, as opposed to their simple physical existences—begin at different times. The real life of Thad Beaumont, a young boy who was born and raised in the Ridgeway section of Bergenfield, New Jersey, began in 1960. Two things happened to him that year.
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