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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT PRIZEA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE OBSERVER, THE NEW YORK TIMES, AND THE NEW YORKERA NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTCyrus Shams has always been lost. He's grown up tangled in the mysteries of his past - an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields, a haunting work of art by an exiled painter, and his mother, whose plane was shot down over the Persian Gulf when he was just a baby. Now, newly sober and maybe in love, he's headed for an encounter that will transform everything he thought he knew. Can a final revelation change th...
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT PRIZE
A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE OBSERVER, THE NEW YORK TIMES, AND THE NEW YORKER
A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
Cyrus Shams has always been lost. He's grown up tangled in the mysteries of his past - an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields, a haunting work of art by an exiled painter, and his mother, whose plane was shot down over the Persian Gulf when he was just a baby. Now, newly sober and maybe in love, he's headed for an encounter that will transform everything he thought he knew. Can a final revelation change the truth of Cyrus's life?
Electrifying, funny, and all-consuming, Kaveh Akbar's Martyr! is a masterpiece.
'Dazzling' Ann Patchett
'Profoundly moving' Elif Shafak
'Gorgeous' Tommy Orange
'Radiant' Lauren Groff
'Stunning' John Green
'Miraculous' The New York Times
'Sensational' Daily Mail
'Kaleidoscopic' The Guardian
_ Martyr! was an instant New York Times bestseller w/c 27/1/24
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT PRIZE
A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE OBSERVER, THE NEW YORK TIMES, AND THE NEW YORKER
A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
Cyrus Shams has always been lost. He's grown up tangled in the mysteries of his past - an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields, a haunting work of art by an exiled painter, and his mother, whose plane was shot down over the Persian Gulf when he was just a baby. Now, newly sober and maybe in love, he's headed for an encounter that will transform everything he thought he knew. Can a final revelation change the truth of Cyrus's life?
Electrifying, funny, and all-consuming, Kaveh Akbar's Martyr! is a masterpiece.
'Dazzling' Ann Patchett
'Profoundly moving' Elif Shafak
'Gorgeous' Tommy Orange
'Radiant' Lauren Groff
'Stunning' John Green
'Miraculous' The New York Times
'Sensational' Daily Mail
'Kaleidoscopic' The Guardian
_ Martyr! was an instant New York Times bestseller w/c 27/1/24
