Jeff Chon and Hashtag Good Guy with a Gun

"The thing I learned last year is that the product is sometimes the problem"

Jeff Chon joins me to discuss his novel, Hashtag Good Guy with a Gun, published by the exciting Sagging Meniscus press (buy here)

Please be advised we recorded this conversation earlier this year and discuss issues of a sensitive nature with some instances of strong language









Rippling Pages:

• Good guys and bad guys: a troubling distinction


• What's it like writing about people we really do not like?

Reference Points



Books

Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger 

Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess



Films

Death wish (1974: Michael Winner; 2018 remake starring Bruce Willis and directed by Eli Roth

Falling Down (1993: Joel Schumacher)

Fight Club (1999: David Fincher)

Taxi Driver (1976: Martin Scorsese)



Superheroes

Superman

Essays

Alex Diggins on Hashtag Good Guy with a Gun for 3:AM Magazine