A collection of five striking tales that will challenge the ways in which you customarily think. Capouya started out as a merchant seaman, served as a ships officer in combat zones of the Southwest Pacific during World War II, went to college,MoreA collection of five striking tales that will challenge the ways in which you customarily think. Capouya started out as a merchant seaman, served as a ships officer in combat zones of the Southwest Pacific during World War II, went to college, served in the army, taught literature, and became literary editor of The Nation.