The Perfect Fool

by J. Stephen Lang, Stephen J. Lang

Meet Brian Ericson, a young man whose life seems perfect in every way. He is handsome and successful, and everything is going his way with the possible exception of his relationship with Kristen, the perfect woman he just broke up with. On a Beautiful November day, Brian sets out for a three-day weekend in the mountains. Taking what he believes will be a shortcut, things suddenly take a turn for the worse. Lost and disoriented, Brian gets some help from a host of surprising characters, and must grapple with the foolish choices of his life. Download the Readers' Guide.

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

J. Stephen Lang is the author of the bestseller The Complete Book of Bible Trivia and sixteen other books, including 1,001 Things You Always Wanted to Know About the Bible and 1,001 Things You Always Wanted to Know About the Holy Spirit.

Reviews

[Marianne Stehr · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a strange little book. It is a cross between The Shack and the Alchemist. There are little stories that the characters tell that intertwine and a great deal of judgement from these characters. but I guess you would call the book a "thinker" Definitely worth the read, takes but a couple hours. But I feel like it may stay with me longer.

[Mya Goss · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was super cute, actually. It really makes a person think.
Hmmm, so everything is handed to you, are handsome, great in bed, rich etc etc etc. Does that make you perfect? I loved this book!
I totally loved the other characters better than the main one. The stories they told reminded me quite a bit of the parables in the Bible. They were supposed to teach lessons, too. However, the main character is blind and stupid, in my opinion. Never did get it.
The reason I'm giving this book a 4 is I hated the ending. I would've loved for the guy to have figured things out, and left a great conclusion... ho hum. Still a good book.

[Lorrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book. It is compared to a modern day Christmas Carol. I love the wit of the characters and the spiritual perspective. The author is quite the story-teller, with a clever wit and delightful characters. In this book this prideful, worldly man is humbled in a very unique way.

[Elaine · Rating 1 out of 5]

I gave it one star because if I gave it zero, it might have appeared that I don't remember reading this. It stunk.