Jim Brown reviewed Martyr!: a Novel by Kaveh Akbar
Poet Akbar (Calling a Wolf a Wolf) explores the allure of martyrdom in this electrifying …
dream sequences
My favorite parts of this book were dream sequences where the protagonist is dreaming about dialogues between all kinds of people (at one point, Lisa Simpson and Trump).
There's a deus ex machina that I didn't love, but the writing is great.