Winston Smith

Winston Smith, his old gray tomcat, sat in the open doorway of the shop with his tail curled around his paws. He looked at Ralph with yellow-eyed indifference, as if to say, You think you know old, my friend? I’m here to testify you don’t know dick about getting old.

Insomnia’s Winston Smith is explicitly an old gray tomcat, distinct from Orwell’s protagonist referenced in Firestarter.

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