Martyr! Av Kaveh Akbar

<p><em>&lsquo;I will carry this story, and the people in it, with me for the rest of my life' JOHN GREEN, author of <i>The Fault in Our Stars</i></em><br><b>Shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Prize for Fiction 2024<br><br>Named a best book of 2024 by <i>THE NEW YORK TIMES</i>, Amazon, CBS and <i>TIME</i></b><br><br>'This book vibrates with love of life, beauty and language. I'm in awe'<br><b>Natalie Portman</b><br><br>'Smart, dazzling, different . . . This book is thrilling.'<br><b>Ann Patchett, author of <i>Tom Lake</i></b><br><br>'I haven't stopped thinking about it. Sensational.'<br><b><i>Daily Mail </i></b><br><br>'Nothing short of miraculous'<br><b>Junot Diaz, <i>New York Times</i></b><br><br>'A kaleidoscopic debut'<br><b><i>Guardian<br><br>'</i></b>A literary gem . . . <i>Martyr! </i>invites you to read with a highlighter in hand'<br><i><b>Observer</b></i><br><br>'Elegant, dizzying, playful.'<br><b>Lauren Groff, author of <i>Matrix</i></b><br><br>'<i>Martyr! </i>is an astounding debut'<br><b><i>The Irish Times</i></b><br><br>'Brilliant'<br><b><i>LA TIimes</i></b><br><br>&lsquo;Reading <i>Martyr!</i> Is a delight&rsquo;<br><b><i>The Washington Post</i></b><br><br>Cyrus Shams has always been lost. He&rsquo;s grown up tangled in the mysteries of his past &ndash; 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&rsquo;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><i>_{* Martyr!}</i>_{was an instant <i>New York Times </i>bestseller w/c 27/1/24}</p>