This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf

Copyright © 2024 by Kaveh Akbar

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Akbar, Kaveh, author.

Title: Martyr! / Kaveh Akbar.

Description: First edition. | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. | “This is a Borzoi book”

Identifiers: LCCN 2023008466 (print) | LCCN 2023008467 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593537619 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780593537626 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593802359 (open market)

Subjects: LCGFT: Novels.

Classification: LCC PS3601.K37 M37 2024 (print) | LCC PS3601.K37 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6–dc23/eng/20230306

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2023008466

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2023008467

Ebook ISBN 9780593537626

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Cover image based on an Iranian miniature. Chris Heller/Alamy

Cover design by Linda Huang

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