Word: sarrafian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dark-skinned sisters? Where, then, is his free time? How can his soul soar? Still, even with these burdens, the $40-a-week rug salesman (with a shoeshine parlor on the side) manages to realize a few grandiose immigrant dreams. With his employer, the mysterious, immensely rich Mr. Fernand Sarrafian, senior partner of the Sarrafian Brothers carpet empire, Stavros investigates new worlds, from race tracks to brownstone bacchanals...
...makes love to Stavros in her wedding gown and precipitates an unforgettable four-wall fray for all. Yet all's wealthy that ends wealthy. While his old flame marries on her own terms (he is not invited to the wedding), Stavros, now 42, lands a 40% interest in Sarrafian. At war's end he sets off for Greece in all the rugs-to-riches splendor of the returning immigrant...