The Folk and the Education of Private Ambrose

"There is a myth that a small bug called an earwig is able to enter men's minds. I decided to write about the earwig as a benign creature. ... But gradually, the earwig myth and my past began to merge. Closer, closer, and closer the 'folk' (the earwigs) have come to practice their mythical talent. My autobiography, joining with the obligatory scene, seemed imminent. The background was the Aleutian Campaign on Kiska and its aftermath and World War II."--Back cover