The Rug Merchant

This is a novel by Meg Mullins.

I first noticed this book on a table at a bookstore in Lousiana when I was visiting family in January. It has a picture of a very beautiful Persian rug on the front. I have had an interest in those rugs for many years, so I decided to take a look at the book.

While the backdrop for the book does have to do with these rugs, it is more a story about a man trying to find a place in another world - here an Iranian in New York City. There is a romantic part and lots of tragedy. Overall, it was a good book, but maybe a little more "chick-lit" than I bargained for perhaps. Rather interesting that it was written by a woman, but from a male point of view.

Anyway, it has much to recommend it, but I do warn you it is a little on the "chick-lit" side. Give it a try if that doesn't put you off.