The Windmills

This book is an accounting of a privileged family livingin a dystopian society where the government is Godand blasphemy is severely chastised. After glimpsingthe freedom and prosperity of the west Dr. Abdullayevwondered why the people of his beloved Azerbaijan, withfew exceptions, lived in poverty and squalor. With allthe natural resources of a first world country why wasAzerbaijan a third world country? Professor Abdullayev, akind and thoughtful man, asked this question on nationaltelevision and paid an enormous price for his question andfollowup analysis. His criticism of the system cost him abig price. His family also paid.