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Steve mentions reading this book about Cape Buffalo by the late writer Thomas McIntyre (referred to as 'Thomas Mack'). He notes it came out posthumously about a year ago and discusses how the book tangentially relates to Cape Buffalo, often going off-topic similar to Brautigan's style.

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Steve compares Thomas McIntyre's book structure to this book by Brautigan, noting that 'Trout Fishing in America isn't about trout fishing in America' - using it as an example of books that digress from their stated subject matter.

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Steve mentions the controversy that Harper Lee didn't write To Kill a Mockingbird and that it was allegedly written by Truman Capote, in the context of discussing authorship controversies surrounding women writers.

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Morgan asks Steve about this book he recommended, but Steve admits he's struggling to get into it and doesn't like the author's writing style. They discuss the controversy about whether Beryl Markham actually wrote it herself.

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Morgan mentions that Karen Blixen wrote under the pseudonym Isaac Dinesen when she first published Out of Africa, in the context of discussing women writers using male pseudonyms.

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Steve asks if anyone has heard of this book by writer Ben Wallace, bringing up the author in the context of discussing Wallace's other work.

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Steve mentions a forthcoming book by Ben Wallace about the mysterious person who invented Bitcoin. The specific title is not provided in the transcript.