{"id":1843407,"date":"2023-02-11T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T15:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1843407"},"modified":"2023-02-11T10:55:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T15:55:29","slug":"stephen-hunters-bullet-garden-goes-back-to-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-hunters-bullet-garden-goes-back-to-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Hunter\u2019s \u201cBullet Garden\u201d Goes Back to the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstephen-hunters-bullet-garden-goes-back-to-the-future%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1843407&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Stephen-hunter-shooter-movie-Bob-Lee-Swagger-2.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Stephen Hunter\u2019s last novel, \u201cTargeted,\u201d Bob Lee Swagger, a Marine sniper, was thrust into satire.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/targeted-stephen-hunter-interview-brett-kavanaugh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter\u2019s frustration at Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s fiery confirmation hearing<\/a>, included caricatures of political figures like Rep. Nancy Pelosi as they tried taking down a dinosaur who didn\u2019t fit in their bubble-wrapped, Twitter-worshiping culture.<\/p>\n<p>In Hunter\u2019s latest, \u201cThe Bullet Garden,\u201d modern-day convenient inconveniences haven\u2019t even been conceived yet. While Bob Lee is Hunter\u2019s go-to protagonist, the author jumped back to the sniper\u2019s father, Earl Swagger, for this latest adventure.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Stephen Hunter, the legend, wishes everyone a Happy Publication Day! His latest novel, THE BULLET GARDEN, in the Swagger clan series is now available! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pjpBcg3oFU\">pic.twitter.com\/pjpBcg3oFU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack Carr (@JackCarrUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackCarrUSA\/status\/1617942735943774210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There\u2019s still a fish out of water story, but instead of Bob Lee in Washington D.C. we get Earl commissioned from the Marines to the Army in World War II. What is the mission? The mission?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarl transfers me to a world without the Internet, and that\u2019s so much easier,\u201d Hunter spoke about his decision not to return to the past. \u201cTargeted.\u201d There\u2019s been plenty of history put to paper about Earl through Hunter\u2019s career. He\u2019s popped up in various Bob Lee books  led his own trilogy of books, with \u201cHot Springs,\u201d \u201cPale Horse Coming\u201d and \u201cHavana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like Hunter\u2019s Bob Lee books, \u201cThe Bullet Garden\u201d This is a visual, kinetic ride by a storyteller who has mastered an artistry that many writers have yet to master: how not to waste time. It never stops, and like \u201cTargeted,\u201d it\u2019s overflowing with flourishes that make Hunter stand apart from his fellow thriller writers.<\/p>\n<p>From the romantic, yet precise description of firearms to poetic flares peppered in that feel more influenced by a Hemingway than a Clancy, there\u2019s plenty here for Hunter fans. You&#8217;ll also find fun references to his earlier work, such as his first novel. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Master-Sniper-Stephen-Hunter-audiobook\/dp\/B003Y56QJW\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=31LB6K3Y4B872&#038;keywords=stephen+hunter+the+master+sniper&#038;qid=1676039261&#038;sprefix=stephen+hunter+the+master+sniper%2Caps%2C131&#038;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Master Sniper<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic and Pulitzer Prize-winner has interwoven his book stories since before Marvel became a mainstream world-building force.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of the books are connected and if you care to \u2014 and one person did care to \u2014 you could put together a very complicated timeline and relationships line and it would look like a diagram of an extremely complex chemical equation,\u201d Hunter stated.<\/p>\n<p>One example was the connection between \u201cDirty White Boys\u201d His Bob Lee saga. For those who haven\u2019t read it, \u201cDirty White Boys\u201d A novel that is punchy and emotional from a writer who has lost all sense of convention.<\/p>\n<p>The novel follows a ruthless crew of prison escapees being hunted by a cop who doesn\u2019t quite fit the traditional hero mold.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter is not done. As providing red meat to loyal readers seems to have become his calling, Hunter is next working on a book that will combine adventures from three generations of Swaggers: Bob Lee, Earl,  Earl\u2019s father, Charles Swagger.<\/p>\n<p>What Hunter doesn\u2019t have to keep him busy today is his gig reviewing movies for The Washington Post, a position he left in 2008 to write full time. The former critic isn\u2019t too enthused with today\u2019s cinema output, but there is still clearly a movie lover there.<\/p>\n<p>For those wondering what Hunter\u2019s been watching, he gives a modest thumbs up to \u201cBabylon,\u201d \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/the-menu-review-fiennes\/\">The Menu,<\/a>\u201d and \u201cBones and All,\u201d and it\u2019s the sort of praise that made his reviews so fun to read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach one of those I found provocative and interesting and somewhere between pretty good and really good, but nowhere near great,\u201d He said.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter is a fan of the horror breakout hit \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/barbarian-review-2022\/\">Barbarian<\/a>\u201d from last year and says he\u2019s been on an Italian Giallo kick, a genre made famous by legendary filmmakers like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/gallery\/dario-argento-best-movies-suspiria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dario Argento<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter\u2019s own books seem prime for film adaptations, but they\u2019ve struggled to find their way to the screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPoint of Impact,\u201d however, became Mark Wahlberg\u2019s 2007 film \u201cShooter\u201d Multiple Hunter books were purchased for a series of three-season TV shows with Ryan Phillippe.<\/p>\n<p>The novelist doesn\u2019t worry about his movie prospects these days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting the book published was the point and the reward, and what happened after that always sort of bedazzled me. Some books lived on and some disappeared like a Chinese balloon over Montana,\u201d Hunter joked.<\/p>\n<p>Movie, no movie, doesn\u2019t matter. Hunter has created a rich, visceral world that is both more compelling and more complex as the author grows and the world around them changes so dramatically.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter views all of this with humor and wonder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt never occurred to me that I\u2019d end up writing the alpha male saga of west Arkansas. How would I have ever conceived that idea at 25 years old?\u201d He said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bullet Garden\u201d Is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bullet-Garden-Earl-Swagger-Novel-ebook\/dp\/B0B3Y9JWLP\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=stephen+hunter+bullet+garden&#038;qid=1676039100&#038;sprefix=stephen+hunter+bullet%2Caps%2C141&#038;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Available now.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The novel was written by Zachary Leeman \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/gildedmasque.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nigh<\/a>\u201d Gilded Masque, publisher, has been covering politics and culture for LifeZette. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/author\/zachary-leeman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mediaite<\/a>And others.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Hunter\u2019s last novel, \u201cTargeted,\u201d Bob Lee Swagger, a Marine sniper, was thrust into satire. Inspired by Hunter\u2019s frustration at Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s fiery confirmation hearing, included caricatures of political figures like Rep. Nancy Pelosi as they tried taking down a dinosaur who didn\u2019t fit in their bubble-wrapped, Twitter-worshiping culture. 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