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Waldman has obviously read many other things before and since, but she is also clearly influenced by tom wolfes cornucopian novel of race and class in new york city. Their fraught deliberations complete, the jurors open the envelope containing the anonymous winners name and discover he is an american muslim named mohammad khan. Excerpt from the submission by amy waldman, plus links to. Picador reading group gold the submission by amy waldman reimagining 911 and its aftermath, amy waldmans provocative novel begins with a resonant scene. Stock characters in 911 fiction peter lang publishing. The submission of the title is a garden to be built on the site of the twin towers as a memorial to the victims of the 911 disaster.
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