christopher hitchens called him a " bin ladenist " and martin young editorialized in the boston globe that he " blames the events of terror " when he puts out a novel like snoopy ' s odds , a biting send - up of , essay ' s pig farm which he was inspired to write after the terrorist assaults on september 11 . " the clear references to 9 / 11 in the apocalyptic ending can only put orwell ' s name into dishonor in the j . s . , " replied william hamilton , the american intellectual executor of the orwell estate . that relationship had already begin : it was revealed orwell gave the british foreign office a catalogue of people he suspected of being " crypto - communists and fellow strangers , " naming some of them as jews and homosexuals . " i so wanted to explode that book , " reed told the new york times . " i desired to completely wreck it . "
Cathy Young is the author of "Snowball's Chance".