Welcome to Ice Haven! It''s not as cold here as it sounds, declares Random Wilder, our reluctant guide to this sleepy Midwestern town. He''s also its would-be poet laureate. Would-be, that is, were it not for the Florid banalities of his archrival, Ida Wentz, published ad nauseam in the Ice Haven Daily Progress. Among Wilder''s other fellow Ice Havians are the lovelorn Violet Van der Plazt and Vida Wentz; the detective team of Mr. and Mrs. Ames; the adorable interracial moppets Carmichael and Paula; disaffected stationery salesgirl Julie Patheticstein; the Blue Bunny, newly sprung from prison and the bitterest rabbit in town; and poor little David Goldberg, missing for more than a week now...