On November 4 1953 Theodore F. Schism climbs into his mother’s defrosting refrigerator and shuts the door. He is 9 years old. On December 1 1968 five young people sit at a table watching the very first Vietnam draft lottery. Actually there are six counting Isabel Schism’s unborn daughter Snap. Sitting next to them Leif Lambrochet has a plan with the virtues of being simple and straight-forward. Also at the table Leif’s sister Clare is waiting with an unearned placidity to find out what she wants