gardener turned the truck west and then south toward the little village of leipers fork , a spot in the road with a cluster of houses , a couple of antique stores , and pucketts grocery store , ; a place where old-time farmers meet for coffee and biscuits in the mornings , and the newcomers , social elites attempting to carve a new brand of culture into the tiny tennessee landscape , gather in the evenings to hear songwriters performsort of a louis vuitton meets louis l'amour setting .