Context:

Steve mentions 'There's a great book about the great planes called Planes in the Great Plains. The writer Ian Fraser describes a redtail hawk sitting on a power line' (likely referring to Ian Frazier's 'Great Plains'). He discusses how the author uses a beautiful simile comparing the hawk fanning its tail to someone working a deck of cards.

Context:

Referenced in a discussion about story endings and narrative structure. Steve mentions 'Remember at the end of No Country for Old Man?' when discussing how the antagonist checks his boots for blood. Earlier, Cormac McCarthy is discussed as a writer who 'does his homework' and gets details like firearms exactly right in his work.