Izek Aliev, author of “The Last Illusion,” was interviewed by Spotlight TV’s Logan Crawford to talk about the author’s message and inspiration for this book.
Logan Crawford is an Emmy Award-winning broadcaster and anchor host. He is also a host and anchor on Ebru, WWOR-TV, FOX, and VOOM: HD NEWS. He appeared in a number of films and television shows, including The Irishman (2019), The First Purge (2018), Teenage Mutant Ninja, 40-Love (2021), and many others.
Izek Aliev was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, in the Soviet Union. He simultaneously graduated from a general education school and a 10-year music school, taking piano in 1972. In the same year, he entered the Geology and Geography Department of Azerbaijan University. After graduation, he worked at the Institute of Sciences of Azerbaijan. In 1983, he defended his thesis and obtained his PhD.
In 1990, he was appointed head of the laboratory. In the early 1990s, Izek first showed himself in a new capacity and began to publish in Baku newspapers, covering the foreign policy issues of the young independent state of Azerbaijan. He was a freelancer for the newspaper “Freedom”. In 1995, Izek’s first book was published in Baku, “Self-Knowledge of the Amateur.”
In 1996, he and his family moved to the United States. Izek, like other immigrants, had to start from zero. He explored numerous jobs before discovering his destiny as a social worker. Since 2017, he has worked with a Russian publishing business on two novels, “Black Gold of the Russian Empire” and “The Last Illusion.” Experts praised his writings, and his novels were named to the “Russian Award” shortlist.
“The Last Illusion” by Izek Aliev presents the story of what happened two millennia ago on the eve of 2000. The main character of the story is the son of immigrants from the former USSR. This is a young, talented, and successful manager of a big American company; he is currently living and working in New York.