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Martyr!

By: Kaveh Akbar
Narrated by: Arian Moayed
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Summary

‘I will carry this story, and the people in it, with me for the rest of my life' JOHN GREEN, author of The Fault in Our Stars

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024
A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST 2024
ON BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER READING LIST 2024

'Smart, dazzling, different . . . This book is thrilling.'
Ann Patchett, author of Tom Lake

'An absolute jewel of a novel'
Tommy Orange, Booker-longlisted author of Wandering Stars

'A kaleidoscopic debut'
Guardian

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.

* Martyr! was an instant New York Times bestseller w/c 27/1/24
©2024 Kaveh Akbar (P)2024 Macmillan Publishers International Limited
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This is my first review, I keep forgetting to write them but this book moved me so much I had to do it. Just perfect. I will be buying the paper book as well so many things I need to see again and again and again

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The best audiobook I’ve ever listened to.. wowowow it’s going to take me a while to stop thinking about this. Incredible book and incredible performance from Arian. Highly recommend 🫶🏻

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