Review: The Never-Open Desert Diner James Anderson Crown Publishers 2015 If you haven’t read this one, I think you are missing a good book. Feels like a flashback to an earlier time when reading was enjoyable, the story absorbing, tender but authentic, and well spun. The title says much more than I first thought. Lots of other things are not open in this desert. Doors are locked and behind them the pasts that hold people in the desert. The dust cover front leaf says, “ The Never Open Desert Diner powerfully evokes an unforgettable setting and introduces readers to a cast of characters who will linger long after the last page.” Generally, these descriptions go overboard, but this one describes what I found in this book. Ben Jones and Walt will remain with me for a long time. They might be archetype characters. The author does have an MFA after all and has done some editor type work. He ...