Episode 369: Stephen Hunter on Targeted
Newt's World
Gingrich 360
4.6 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Stephen Hunter is the prolific author of 21 novels, including Time to Hunt, Black Light, Point of Impact, and the New York Times bestsellers: Havana, Pale Horse Coming, and Hot Springs. He’s the retired chief film critic for The Washington Post, where he won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism. His latest novel, the 12th in the Bob Lee Swagger series is Targeted which is available now.
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| 0:35.0 | On this episode of Newt's World I am really delighted to have our guest. |
| 0:40.2 | He is the prolific author of 21 novels including Time to Hunt, Black Light, Point of Impact, |
| 0:47.6 | and the New York Times bestsellers, Avanna, Pale Horse coming and hot springs. |
| 0:52.1 | He created memorable characters, Bob Lee Swagger, Earl Swagger, Ray Cruz. |
| 0:57.2 | He's the retired chief film critic for the Washington Post where he won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize |
| 1:03.8 | for Distinguished Criticism. He's also published two collections of film criticism and a non-fiction work, |
| 1:10.6 | American Gunfight. His latest book, Targeted, the 12th in the Bob Lee Swagger series, |
| 1:17.7 | is so relevant to right now that I couldn't believe it as I was reading it. |
| 1:23.8 | I have given it five stars at Amazon, I have tweeted about it, and I'm thrilled to have this |
| 1:29.4 | chance to do this podcast. And so I'm very pleased to welcome back my guest. |
| 1:34.2 | The Pulitzer Prize winning critic, S.A.S. Best Selling Novels, I hope I might say friend, |
| 1:39.8 | Stephen Hunter. |
| 1:50.6 | It's great to be here, Mute, and I'm so pleased and happy at your enthusiasm for this book. |
| 1:56.9 | Did you have a notion when you started to work on Targeted? How relevant it would be to right now? |
| 2:03.5 | Actually not at all because this is the old idea that I've had for years and years, |
| 2:08.5 | and I can't try to find a way to do it that made sense. And one of the things that |
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