Story of the Scoundrel: The Book of Job in Reverse

This scoundrel attempts to reverse the order of the venerable Mideast farmer Job, who won for himself a meaningful life by noble courage and worthy values while enduring trauma and suffering. Here the protagonist attempts a shortcut to a happy life by exploitation and fraud. In his drive for success, he was not aware that he was programming his life with patterns that would divest him of the happiness he was seeking. His self-centered lifestyle at others' expense plunge him into disaster.

Jon Tal Murphree is professor emeritus at Toccoa Falls College, and a featured church and conference speaker with more than 60 different denominations, in a majority of the U.S. states. He has authored 23 books, some inspirational, some academic, in apologetics, theology, psychology, Christian discipleship, and biography. This is his fourth book of fiction.