In Chris Bohjalian's astonishing novel, nothing is what it at first seems. Not the bucolic vermont back roads college sophomore laurel estabrook likes to bike. Not the savage assault she suffers toward the end of one of ...In Chris Bohjalian's astonishing novel, nothing is what it at first seems. Not the bucolic vermont back roads college sophomore laurel estabrook likes to bike. Not the savage assault she suffers toward the end of one of her rides.