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TITLE BASIC STORY SAMPLE GRAB GRADEWHAT YOU’LL LOVE
TOBY KEITH BY MARK HUMPHREY — ASSOCIATED PRESS; BREACH BY MICHAEL GIBSON — UNIVERSAL
“Max struck a match, lit his hand-rolled
cigarette, and inhaled deeply before he began.
In prison, every action is exaggerated, as no one
is in a hurry.”
— The author awaits his cellmate’s story about outwitting the police
The stories are quick and concise, and
it’s easy to empathize with Archer’s
idiosyncratic characters,
as morally misguided
as they may be.
The Pulitzer
Prize
winner’s fi rst
novel in 15 years is a gorgeous
meditation on one couple’s slog
through marriage, separation and
reconciliation.
Keith keeps the macho
act in check and applies
his barrel-chested
baritone to a panoply
of moods and modes.
“I ain’t asked her out yet / ’Cause I
don’t know if I can / It’s just a high
maintenance woman / Don’t want
no maintenance man”
— “High Maintenance Woman”
Vocalist Daniel Merriweather’s
rendition of the Smiths’ “Stop Me”
feels overbearing and melodramatic,
even by Morrissey’s standards.— C.R.
Some of the plot devices are waaaaytoo convoluted.
— Evan Narcisse
Why does Fonda look as though he’d rather be
smoking a joint poolside than playing history’s
most famous fallen angel?— G.Z.
There’s not enough dialogue programmed into
the game; conversations repeat ad nauseam.— Christopher Healy
In an homage to teen comedy
fi lms, the game ends with a
glimpse of how your life turns
out after graduation.
As the narrator and mysterious Caretaker,
Sam Elliott manages to escape
this fl aming turkey with his
dignity intact.
Cooper remark-
ably manages to
make a colossally
creepy traitor seem
human. A commentary track
by O’Neill and director Billy Ray
fl eshes out the DVD.
Plucked from one
timeline and inserted into
another in which he’s dead, amoral super-thief
Casanova Quinn must become a double agent
inside his father’s massive paramilitary
peacekeeping organization. Confused yet?
The producer behind
Amy Winehouse steps
into the spotlight with
a soulful solo disc of
delightful cover tunes.
Timbaland, Puffy, et
al., take note!
In this Marvel Comics-inspired
adaptation, a young stunt
motorcyclist (Nicolas Cage)
sells his soul to the Devil (Peter
Fonda) to save his father and
ends up becoming Satan’s
personal bounty hunter.
The Dixie Chicks might not be ready
to make nice, but Nashville’s favorite
alpha male is. His new album is light on
testosterone and heavy
on hooks.
Big Dog DaddyToby Keith
Show Dog Nashville
$18.98
The Maytrees By Annie Dillard
HarperCollins
$24.95
The prominent British
writer and politico spins
his stint in prison (after
a conviction for perjury)
into a collection of crime
stories.
Cat O’ Nine Tales and Other Stories By Jeffrey Archer
St. Martin’s Press
$27.95
Fraction imagines a dangerous, sexy
world of psychedelic espionage that
pays homage to its infl uences but
succeeds in being its own uniquely
trippy thrill ride.
“I’m addicted to you, but I know that
you’re toxic.”
— Ronson’s Afrobeat-inspired take on Britney Spears’s “Toxic”
Ronson’s sharp ear and killer
horn section make Radiohead’s
“Just” sound like a Specials
vamp, and they transform the
Jam’s “Pretty Green” into
a rave-worthy romp.
“The enemies of this country
aren’t so picky. They’ll work with
anyone who shares their hatred
of us.”
— Hanssen (Cooper) tries to misdirect his young charge
(Phillippe) with a little fl ag waving
“He may have my soul, but he doesn’t
have my spirit.”
— Johnny Blaze(Cage) heroically
misunderstands the wholeFaustian bargain thing
Dillard’s spare yet lofty prose teems
with unassuming power —
a talent only the most seasoned
of writers seem to master.
This true-life spy story fi nds earnest FBI trainee
Eric O’Neill (Ryan Phillippe) tasked with fi nding
intel on the seemingly pious Robert Hanssen
(Chris Cooper), whose treasonous actions
resulted in the worst security
breach in U.S. history.
The classes you take
determine how your character
develops (physics makes you smarter,
French boosts your charm).
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Phillippe tries hard but
lacks Cooper’s nuance
and is thus out-acted at
every turn.— Greg Zinman
Readers on the verge of a breakup
or blinded by the onset of a new
romance might fl inch at Dillard’s
all-too-true depiction of love’s ebb
and fl ow.— Alexis Burling
The title track is the only dud. Its
shticky bravado can’t compete with
the clever tunes that surround it.— Chris Richards
From someone who’s touted as a master
of storytelling, you’d expect something
more than a mostly unmemorable, mildly
entertaining group of tales.— Reviewed by Sara Cardace
“Theirs was too much feeling to push
through the crack that led down to
the dim world of time and stuff.”
— The Maytrees’ love affair, before the heft of time
(and life) tore it apart
“Geopolitical destabilization!
. . . I love this job!”
— Casanova’s father gets excited during a
mission briefi ng
As the new transfer student, you
need to say all the right things to
make the jocks, nerds and goths
like you — and maybe you’ll even score a date
in the process.
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Luxuria: Casanova, Vol. 1 Matt Fraction
and Gabriel Ba
Image
$24.99
Breach Rated PG-13
Universal
$29.98
VersionMark Ronson
Red Ink
$13.98
Ghost Rider Rated PG-13
Sony
$28.95
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Hope you’re not a lightweight: Horton Vineyards
offers more than 40 wines for sampling.
Marian Bragg, who owns Freestate Llamas, grooms herherd for a life of showmanship, celebrityhood and coddling.
Old MacDonald’s farm would look
nothing like Dixie Meadows Exotics,
home of guanacos (wild llamas), water
buffaloes, rare Tarpan horses, camels,
miniature donkeys and a zebra.
Attend a performance with Zoe the zebra and
a striped-leg “zonkey” (love child of a donkey
and a zebra) in the 130-seat theater of the
Chateauville Foundation, a nonprofit group
based on a 550-acre farm. The organization
was founded by Lorin Maazel, director of the
New York Philharmonic.
Declassified herbs? Former CIA directorPorter Goss and his wife, Mariel, run theRetreat Farm’s Village Depot, whichsells flowers and tomato plants grownon the sustainable farm.
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Driver’s route
The Blue Ridge Alpaca Classic & Llama Show on June 30 is likethe Miss America pageant — but with bigger hair and longer legs.
Mmm, it’s B.O.P. tea at theTwisted Branch Tea Bazaar.
Jump for joy atSkydive Orange.
At the Lazy S Llama Ranch, cuddle the 50-odd pets or weartheir wares: The farm sells hats, socks and rugs made of llama fur.
The furry family at the AlpacaFull Moon Farm is expanding,with three recent additions andthree more due this year.
Commonwealth Parkhosts some of the mostelite and competitivehorse-jumping shows inthe country, including theShowday National (July11-15) and the CavalierClassic (July 18-22).
The buffaloes roamat Cibola Farmsbefore they headto its Trading Postfarm stand and,eventually,diners’ plates.
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WHERE: Virginia’s Piedmont region.
WHY: Pat the llamas, I spy farm-fresh food, and a zonkey!
HOW FAR: About 125 miles from start to finish.
S ure, llamas have a spitting habit and a teen-queen attitude, but their lashes areto die for.
“It’s hard not to like them. They’re so Zen,” says Paige McGrath, who keepsabout 100 llamas at her Lower Sherwood Llama Farm in Charlottesville. “Theyhave an expression on their face as if they have the answers to the universe and
they’re not telling.” In Virginia, 552 farms raise more than 3,500 of the shaggy pack animals. The state also
has a slew of llama events, such as the June 30 Blue Ridge Alpaca Classic & Llama Show,which McGrath describes as “a cross between a dog show and horse show.” About 200llamas and alpacas, the llama’s smaller cousin, will strut their stuff in the ring or competein an obstacle course in Afton, near Charlottesville.
During the summer, the South American natives sport hot-weather “hairdos”: a mop-top head on a long neck and shorn body. Farmers clip the woolly coats each spring for thefleece and to help the animals cope with the heat. Some farms, such as the Alpaca FullMoon Farm and the Lazy S Llama Ranch, sell the fiber or turn it into socks, hats, blan-kets, teddy bears and other items.
Other farmers breed, show or keep llamas as pets, or train them to be pack animals orguard llamas. No, guard llamas don’t bark, but they can shriek like Fay Wray. “It’s enoughto scare a predator off,” says Pat Sher, who co-owns the Lazy S ranch in RappahannockCounty.
Yet these members of the camel family also mew like kittens and smile like cheesy tour-ists. When Sher pulls out the horse snacks, Maggie, Little Maxie, Chocolate Chip andother llamas scoot across the 25-acre pasture, huddle around her and stretch their lipsand grin. Nice llama.
— Barbara SaffirMost farms that raise llamas or alpacas are open to the public by appointment.
Road Trip maps are available at www.washingtonpost.com/roadtrip, asare addresses and hours of operation (be sure to check before you go). Have
an idea for a trip? E-mail roadtrip@washpost.com.
Virginia’s Land of Llamas
WEDNESDAY IN STYLE Escapes visits Chapel Hill, Durham and Raleigh, N.C.
MAP BY JEROME COOKSON FOR THE WASHINGTON POST; PHOTOS BY BARBARA SAFFIR FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
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