Martyr!: A TIME Most Anticipated Book of 2024

By: Kaveh Akbar

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Synopsis: A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024 FOR TIME, NYLON , OPRAH, AND CNNONE OF SARAH JESSICA PARKER’S BOOKS OF THE YEAR‘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 StarsCyrus Shams is lost.Ever since his mother’s plane was senselessly shot down over the Persian Gulf when he was just a baby, Cyrus has been grappling with her death. Now, newly sober, he is set to learn the truth of her life.When an encounter with a dying artist leads Cyrus towards the mysteries of his past - an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields dressed as an Angel of Death, a haunting work of art by an exiled painter – he finds himself once again caught up in the story of his mother, who may not have been who or what she seemed. As Cyrus searches for meaning in the scattered clues of his life, a final revelation transforms everything he thought he knew.Electrifying, funny, wholly original, and profound, Martyr! heralds the arrival of a blazing and essential new voice in contemporary fiction.'It's so, so incredible' - Kaia Gerber'An absolute jewel of a novel. I haven’t loved a book this much in years’ Tommy Orange, author of There, There

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781035026098
Related ISBNs:: 9781035026067, 9781035026074
Publisher:: Pan Macmillan
Date of Addition:: 03/06/24
Copyrighted By:: Kaveh Akbar
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Romance, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.

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