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  • Martyr!

    Martyr!

    Kaveh Akbar

    Thoughts from 1% (page 3)

    I am literally only on the opening paragraph and I already feel like I’m in for an amazing book. Idk, something about this first line really struck me:

    “Maybe it was that Cyrus had done the wrong drugs in the right order, or the right drugs in the wrong order, but when God finally spoke back to him after twenty-seven years of silence, what Cyrus wanted more than anything else was a do-over.”

    it says so much in one sentence, and the author’s poet roots really shine through. I am so excited to see what the rest of the book has in store!

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