 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (September 2007) |
 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime / Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Viking (UK) Harmony (US) |
Publication date | 1 August 1991 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print/Audiobook |
| Pages | 368 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-14-015691-7 |
| OCLC | 27640684 |
| Preceded by | Gallowglass |
| Followed by | Asta's Book |
King Solomon's Carpet (1991) is a novel by Barbara Vine, pseudonym of Ruth Rendell.[1] It is about the London Underground and the people frequenting it. Vine's novel is inhabited by ordinary passengers, tube aficionados, pickpockets, buskers, vigilantes, and children who go "sledging" on the roofs of train carriages as an initiation rite. The title of the book refers to the legend of King Solomon's magic carpet of green silk which, as it could fly and brought everyone to their destination, is likened to the underground. King Solomon's Carpet is one of the few novels set in London which should be read with the help of a tube map. It won the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year in 1991.
- ^ "Publishers Weekly - 30 March 1992 - King Solomon's Carpet". Publishers Weekly. 30 March 1992. Retrieved 27 September 2019.