Yep, that's it. He's really tall and a big guy. He hasn't been given a name yet, but the inside flap of the bookcover says he's "Collie Entragian." And it describes Desperation as "a town that seems withered in the shade of a man-made mountain known as the China Pit." Peter and Mary Jackson are the names of the couple, the family is the Carvers, and the writer is Johnny Marinville, in case those ring a bell. Do you still have it to finish, or did you just borrow it?

I have several books that I've begun, and now if I ever go back, I won't know whether to restart and slightly remember everything I read, or skip to where I was and hope I understand everthing. haha