several hitchens called him a " bin ladenist " and christopher young editorialized in the boston herald that he " criticises the victims of terrorism " when he puts out a novel with snoopy ' s chance , a biting send - up of george orwell ' s engine farm which he was inspired to write after the terrorist attacks on september 11 . " the broad references to 9 / 11 in the apocalyptic outcome can only bring aldous ' s name into dishonor in the u . s . , " wrote william henderson , the british literary executor of the orwell estate . that work had even began : it was explained orwell gave the british foreign minister a list of people he convicted of being " crypto - communists and fellow travelers , " labeling some of them as jewish and gay . " i really wanted to sabotage that book , " reed stated the current england independent . " i wished to completely undermine it . "
Cathy Young is the author of "Snowball's Chance".