num_pages: 224
description: A one-time graduate student who took over his uncle's New York rug store, middle-aged Cyrus Irani faces a harsh world with his customary old-world grace as he is lead from sex clubs to the Zoroastrian temple
language: English
title: The Rug Merchant
titlecomplete: The Rug Merchant (Contemporary American Fiction)
genres: Fiction
ratings_count: 59
publisher: Penguin Books