<p><b>AN INSTANT <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER<br> SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT PRIZE<br> A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN <i>THE OBSERVER</i>, <i>THE NEW YORK TIMES</i>, AND <i>THE NEW YORKER</i><br> A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST</b><br> <br> 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?<br> <br> Electrifying, funny, and all-consuming, Kaveh Akbar's <i>Martyr!</i> is a masterpiece.<br> <br> <b>'Dazzling'</b> Ann Patchett<br> <b>'Profoundly moving'</b> Elif Shafak<br> <b>'Gorgeous'</b> Tommy Orange<br> <b>'Radiant'</b> Lauren Groff<br> <b>'Stunning'</b> John Green<br> <b>'Miraculous'</b> The New York Times<br> <b>'Sensational'</b> Daily Mail<br> <b>'Kaleidoscopic'</b> The Guardian<br> <br> <i>* Martyr!</i> was an instant <i>New York Times</i> bestseller w/c 27/1/24</p>