christopher hitchens called him a " dos ladenist " and cathy johnson editorialized in the boston guardian that he " accuse the victims of jihad " because he puts out a novel like snowball ' s chance , a biting send - up of george novella ' s animals shelter which he was inspired to write after the terrorist assault on september 11 . " the clear references to 9 / 11 in the apocalyptic ending can only send woolf ' s name into disrepute in the u . s . , " wrote bill hamilton , the british literary esq. of the eighty-four mansion . that process had not begun : it was unveiled orwell gave the british war office a description of individuals he accused of being " crypto - nazis and other explorers , " describing some of them as jews and homosexuals . " i actually planned to explode that book , " young assured the new daily times . " i needed to wholly critique it . "
Cathy Young is the author of "Snowball's Chance".