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Summary: ___Worst Travel Book Ever!!!
Review: Hawks makes drunken wager that he can hitchhike around the circumference of Ireland with a refrigerator within one calendar month. He whimps out on actually doing that and settles for being carted around Ireland by star struck Irish. Hawks takes a high speed tour and misses most Ireland. Hawks doesn't mind claiming to win the bet or selling this book about nothing. This book is not a good choice for people planning on actually visiting Ireland.
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Summary: This is no Frommer's Guide to Ireland.
Review: How can you resist a book with a title like this? I couldn't and am glad I didn't. It becomes apparent very early that Tony Hawks never met a pub he didn't like and ends up spending more hours signaling to bartenders than he does to passing motorists. One delightful insight he passes on is that each Irish pub has a resident drunk and more unique characters than a dozen American bars can offer. The whole concept of the journey was insane, he should have been ignored or laughed at. Neither happened, the Irish took him to their hearts and laughed not at him but with him. Thanks Tony for sharing your insanity with us.
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Summary: A great read!
Review: I bought this book because I'm planning a trip to Ireland. While it didn't offer me much in terms of which sights are worth seeing (Tony's goal is just to get around, not to take in the sights), it did make me very excited to explore a country that can embrace and champion a guy hitching with a fridge. This is a funny story with a serious message - a life philosophy that makes sense. I highly recommend this book to anyone - whether or not you're interested in Ireland, hitchhiking, or fridges. I may just find my way to some of the pubs in the book to get a first-hand account of the day the "fridge man" came to town.
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Summary: Great craic!
Review: I bought this book on a whim in the Atlanta airport and was in stitches for the rest of the day. I think the fellow in the seat next to me had trouble sleeping with me laughing so hard. A wonderfully funny book.
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Summary: Laugh Out Loud
Review: I don't normally read travel books, but my husband is an avid devourer of same, and so when I gave him this as a gift, I was curious. He would read a few pages and then laugh. A lot. Out loud. I wondered what on earth could be so funny in a travel book. I had never read a book which made me laugh out loud. So after he had finished, I began reading the book.I just couldn't put it down. It was hilarious, right from the ridiculous premise where the author agreed to a drunken bet to hitch-hike round Ireland with a fridge as a travelling companion. He meets a quite a few eccentric characters along the way, none of whom I knew (at least I don't think so, but you can never be quite sure. Nearly everyone in Ireland knows someone who's a cousin of someone else's cousin or brother, or aunt... you get the idea.) My favourite line has got to be when asking for directions, the author got the reply, "You can't get there from here." It's so funny because it's true, people do say that, I'm a culprit myself. How did he manage it? Did people really let the madman with a fridge get into their cars and their lives? Read the book and find out, you won't be disappointed. You'll be laughing out loud too. Reviewed by Annette Gisby, author of Silent Screams and Shadows of the Rose.
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Summary: humorous
Review: I got a kick out of this book. In the "Decline of Pleasure", Water Kerr warns that people are losing their sense of play and that play means doing something that is completely without utility. Well I know of no greater definition of an activity sans utility that hitchiking around Ireland with a refrigerator!
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Summary: A hilarious read, great for sharing
Review: I got this book on the recommendation of some friends. I ended up reading it to my wife over the course of several weeks.
With two of us to share the comedy, this was a wonderful book. Plenty of hilarious tales of possible disaster saved at the last minute by the presence of The Fridge.
I'd recommend the book for anyone who needs a pick-me-up. If you going to visit Ireland on a hiking tour, this may prepare for the irish psyche. And it's definitely a great read to enjoy with a friend!
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Summary: A hilarious read, great for sharing
Review: I got this book on the recommendation of some friends. I ended up reading it to my wife over the course of several weeks. With two of us to share the comedy this was a wonderful book. Plenty of tales of possible disaster saved at the last minute by the present of The Fridge. Recommended for anyone who feels like a pick me up. And definitely a great read to share with a friend!
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Summary: Funny and light -- a great summer read
Review: I had no idea what a "laugh out loud" book this would be! Imagine, taking someone up on a bet to hitchhike around Ireland with a dorm-sized fridge, then writing a book about your exploits of fulfilling the terms of the bet. Tony Hawks did it, and here we have the fruits of his efforts. From the beginning, he admits that it's a frivolous idea....but I think that's what makes it that much more interesting. In 30 days, Tony works his way around the perimeter of Ireland with the fridge on a dolly. We get to read of his encounters with various Irish, English and Americans who help him reach his goal. We see how the fridge becomes more of a celebrity than Tony (an ego-reducing reality!) and how people banded together behind this crazy idea. I have traveled extensively in Ireland, and while some of the incidents and reactions may seem a bit over the top or overly charitable, I can believe that they happened. I haven't read a travelogue that more fully captures the true heart, spirit and imagination of Ireland better than this. Bravo to Tony for completing the task...and for letting us accompany him on his journey.
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Summary: Easily the best book I've read about a man and his fridge
Review: I had the pleasure of reading this book two years ago while I was traveling throughout Ireland. It had me laughing out loud from the very first moment when I was peeking at it in a tiny bookstore. This is easily the best book I've ever read about a man and his fridge which begins with a drunken bet. Tony, our hero, gives the fridge a life of its own - the fridge goes surfing in Sligo, to a Fridge Party in Cork, receives a blessing and Gaelic name from a Mother Superior, and earns a ride from the good folks at the Galway Swan Rescue League. This book shows just how far a man will go to prove a point ... uh, even if it's not exactly the most important point.
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