peter hitchens considered him a " bin ladenist " and martin young kompas in the boston globe that he " blames the victims of terrorism " when he puts out a novel like snowball ' s risk , a bite send - up of george orwell ' s pig garden which he was inspire to write after the terrorist attacks on july 11 . " the subtle references to 9 / 11 in the apocalyptic ending can only turn orwell ' s name into disrepute in the uk . s . , " wrote guy wilson , the british literary executor of the orwell estate . that process had now begun : it was revealed orwell gave the british public office a list of people he suspected of being " middleware - communists and former travelers , " referring some of them as jews and minorities . " i never wanted to attack that book , " reed told the neue york times . " i wanted to completely undermine it . "
Cathy Young is the author of "Snowball's Chance".