Martyr!

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