Review of Quest: Finding Freddie
Posted: 15 Jul 2024, 05:22
[Following is a volunteer review of "Quest: Finding Freddie" by Thomas Richard Spradlin.]
Richard had come back from Nigeria from a business trip and learned that Frederick David Nachman (Freddie) was missing. Freddie was the president and CEO of Nachman International Trading Corporation (NITC) and was bidding for a telecommunications contract in Nigeria along with ITT Nigeria and Siemens Nigeria. The thing is, that period was a very bad time for a man like him to be in Nigeria because of the political tension that existed in the country. It was 1976, and the wounds of the civil war in Nigeria haven’t yet healed, and a head of state was just overthrown. As the American government did not want to get involved in the case, Freddie’s wife asked Clark and Warnke, a law firm that NITC works with, for help in finding her husband, and Richard was sent back to Nigeria for this purpose.
I admire that while on the mission of finding his client, Freddie, Richard also made an effort to help girls who have been forced into being child sex workers. I admired him for this because his moral fortitude is both commendable and thought-provoking, challenging me to consider how I might act in similar circumstances. I also learned a lot about the civil war that took place in Nigeria from 1967 to 1970 and the aftermath. Mr. Spradlin himself is a seasoned attorney and general partner at a prestigious American law firm. This journey to Nigeria on behalf of a client inadvertently thrusts him into the heart of the country's political chaos. As an eyewitness to the unfolding events, Spradlin's firsthand experiences provide a visceral and authentic backdrop to the narrative.
I will be honest: there was nothing about this book that I disliked. I enjoyed every bit of it and loved it whenever Richard impressed Nigerians with his fluency in pidgin English. If you are interested in reading about how life in Nigeria was in the 1970s, then I recommend you get a copy of Quest: Finding Freddie by Thomas Richard Spradlin. Because I did not dislike anything about the book, I am rating it 5 out of 5 stars. Finally, it was professionally edited.
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Quest: Finding Freddie
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Richard had come back from Nigeria from a business trip and learned that Frederick David Nachman (Freddie) was missing. Freddie was the president and CEO of Nachman International Trading Corporation (NITC) and was bidding for a telecommunications contract in Nigeria along with ITT Nigeria and Siemens Nigeria. The thing is, that period was a very bad time for a man like him to be in Nigeria because of the political tension that existed in the country. It was 1976, and the wounds of the civil war in Nigeria haven’t yet healed, and a head of state was just overthrown. As the American government did not want to get involved in the case, Freddie’s wife asked Clark and Warnke, a law firm that NITC works with, for help in finding her husband, and Richard was sent back to Nigeria for this purpose.
I admire that while on the mission of finding his client, Freddie, Richard also made an effort to help girls who have been forced into being child sex workers. I admired him for this because his moral fortitude is both commendable and thought-provoking, challenging me to consider how I might act in similar circumstances. I also learned a lot about the civil war that took place in Nigeria from 1967 to 1970 and the aftermath. Mr. Spradlin himself is a seasoned attorney and general partner at a prestigious American law firm. This journey to Nigeria on behalf of a client inadvertently thrusts him into the heart of the country's political chaos. As an eyewitness to the unfolding events, Spradlin's firsthand experiences provide a visceral and authentic backdrop to the narrative.
I will be honest: there was nothing about this book that I disliked. I enjoyed every bit of it and loved it whenever Richard impressed Nigerians with his fluency in pidgin English. If you are interested in reading about how life in Nigeria was in the 1970s, then I recommend you get a copy of Quest: Finding Freddie by Thomas Richard Spradlin. Because I did not dislike anything about the book, I am rating it 5 out of 5 stars. Finally, it was professionally edited.
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Quest: Finding Freddie
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
