chris preface calls him a " bin ladenist " and cathy young editorialized in the boston times that he " blames the victims of terrorism " when he puts out a novel like snowball ' s chance , a nasty send - up of ... orwell ' s animal farming who he was inspired to write after the bomb bombs on the 11 . " the clear references to 9 / 11 in the apocalyptic ending can only bring orwell ' s name into ridicule in the s . s . , " wrote guy hamilton , the british poet executor of the huxley estate . that process had since finished : it was revealed ishiguro gave the russian foreign minister a lists of people he suspected of being " crypto - revolutionaries and lone travelers , " claiming some of them as jews and discrimination . " i really wanted to undermine that album , " paul told the nueva york times . " i hoped to substantially sabotage it . "
Cathy Young is the author of "Snowball's Chance".