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Narrated by:
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Arian Moayed
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By:
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Kaveh Akbar
About this listen
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024
A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST 2024
A BARNES & NOBLE DISCOVER PRIZE FINALIST
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD 2024
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, AMAZON, TIME AND SARAH JESSICA PARKER
ON BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER READING LIST 2024
'Smart, dazzling, different . . . This book is thrilling.'
Ann Patchett, author of Tom Lake
'Playful, soulful, kaleidoscopic, honest and profoundly moving'
Elif Shafak, Observer
'What Akbar pulls off in Martyr! is nothing short of miraculous'
The New York Times
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.
A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN:
The New York Times
Time
Guardian
USA Today
Vanity Fair
NPR
The Atlantic
Electric Lit
Vox
New Yorker
* Martyr! was an instant New York Times bestseller w/c 27/1/24
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- Rochelle barrett
- 10-11-24
Profound and warm
This is my first review, I keep forgetting to write them but this book moved me so much I had to do it. Just perfect. I will be buying the paper book as well so many things I need to see again and again and again
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- cheryl
- 25-11-24
Astounding
Beautifully written, almost poetic. Leaves a feeling that lingers long after the book finishes.
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- Victoria
- 03-12-24
Breathtakingly beautiful
One of the best books I’ve read. I loved it all the way through and there were lines / passages that caught my breath or just stopped me in my tracks for a second and thought Wow, yeah. I loved reading the MC’s journey and the way it was peppered with the journey’s of those closest to him (or not). There were a few overly fantastical elements I wouldn’t typically enjoy but the rest of the book was so wonderful, they won’t be what I remember. And I will remember this book. I hope, for a very long time.
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- Anonymous User
- 16-04-24
Incredible
The best audiobook I’ve ever listened to.. wowowow it’s going to take me a while to stop thinking about this. Incredible book and incredible performance from Arian. Highly recommend 🫶🏻
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