During this program, David Allan Cates talks about and reads from his latest novel, Ben Armstrong's Strange Trip Home.

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"Your brother forgives you," Ben Armstrong is told by his mother's ghost, "Don't waste that." And so the hero of this novel begins his long journey home. What follows is a wild ride through the subconscious -- a night journey toward redemption and grace.

Ben Armstrong's Strange Trip Home is the second novel in Cates's acclaimed Homecoming Trilogy, and it's amusing and hilarious and weird, and unlike any homecoming story you've ever read before.

David Allan Cates is the author of three other novels, Hunger in America, a New York Times Notable Book, and X Out of Wonderland, and Freeman Walker, both Montana Book Award Honor books.

Read a review of Ben Armstrong's Strange Trip Home at Coffee Spew.

You'll find Ben Armstrong's Strange Trip Home and other books by David Allan Cates at Fact & Fiction in Missoula or at your local independent bookseller.

The Write Question is produced by Chérie Newman.

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Executive producer, Michael Marsolek.

Special thanks to Lisa Simon, David Moore, Barbara Theroux, and Kim Anderson.

This program is supported in part by Humanities Montana, connecting kids to community, supporting vital cultural institutions, and encouraging community conversations. And by Montana's Cultural Trust, Fact & Fiction book stores, and Public Radio Listeners.

The Write Question: a program that explores the world of writing and publishing in the western United States.

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Guests on the The Write Question are writers, publishers, and illustrators living, or working for an extended period of time, in the western United States. The Write Question is a production of Montana Public Radio.