Martyr! - March Book Club by Fresh Off The Press

About this event

The March Fresh Off The Press Book Club presents Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar.

Pages: 352

Fiction / Literary / Family Life / LGBTQ+

Synopsis:

Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother’s plane was shot down over the skies of the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident; and his father’s life in America was circumscribed by his work killing chickens at a factory farm in the Midwest.

Cyrus is a drunk, an addict, and a poet, whose obsession with martyrs leads him to examine the mysteries of his past—toward an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields dressed as the angel of death to inspire and comfort the dying, and toward his mother, through a painting discovered in a Brooklyn art gallery that suggests she may not have been who or what she seemed.

Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves, others.

If you purchase your book at Ben McNally Books, simply use the coupon code FRIENDOFBEN to receive a complimentary ticket for the event.

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Some ground rules:

– Every attendee has to read the book before the meeting.

– This is a safe place. Please be kind and respectful to all attendees. Any form of discrimination against fellow members will lead to a ban from all future events.

– The event has the maximum capacity of 20 people.