<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>