Martyr!
| Author | Kaveh Akbar |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Linda Huang |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Literary fiction, family life |
| Publisher | Knopf Publishing Group |
Publication date | January 23, 2024 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 352 |
| ISBN | 978-0593537619 |
Martyr! is the 2024 debut novel by the Iranian-American poet Kaveh Akbar. A New York Times bestseller and one of the paper's Best Books of the Year So Far, it was a finalist for the 2024 Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize. The novel follows Cyrus, a queer Iranian American dealing with depression and addiction and unable to cope with the death of his parents.