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The Submission

 
The Submission Amy Waldman: Books p.41
William Leith12 July 2012

The Submission
by Amy Waldman
(Windmill, £7.99)

New York, soon after 9/11. A committee meets to discuss the Ground Zero memorial. There’s been a competition to design the memorial; architects have entered, anonymously. The committee decides on a winner but there’s a problem. The winner is an architect called Mohammad Khan. Not a religious Muslim — just an American Muslim. A regular guy. This is a very sensitive issue. Should the committee reconsider? Soon, the story leaks to the press, and we have a rollercoaster of a novel. Waldman draws the characters beautifully.

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