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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


Shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Prize for Fiction 2024

Named a best book of 2024 by THE NEW YORK TIMES, Amazon, CBS and TIME

'This book vibrates with love of life, beauty and language. I'm in awe'
Natalie Portman

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

'I haven't stopped thinking about it. Sensational.'
Daily Mail

'Nothing short of miraculous'
Junot Diaz, New York Times

'A kaleidoscopic debut'
Guardian

'A literary gem . . . Martyr! invites you to read with a highlighter in hand'
Observer

'Elegant, dizzying, playful.'
Lauren Groff, author of Matrix

'Martyr! is an astounding debut'
The Irish Times

'Brilliant'
LA TIimes

‘Reading Martyr! Is a delight’
The Washington Post

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?

* 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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Incredible

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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