So you go out drinking one night and wake up the next morning with a bet (with your signature attached) laying next to you. And it's a bet that you can hitchhike around Ireland with a fridge for 100 pounds. And of course you decide that you'll do this. Why not? Who knows what you'll find. As he says, it's a totally purposeless idea, but a damn fine one.

Thus starts this travel essay, which is one of the funniest books I have ever read. (Imagine a fridge surfing if you can.) Yet along the way, Tony Hawks realizes that the fridge opens up the country--it's people and places-- to him. It brings joy to people's lives--and something to talk and laugh about. It's a wonderful book. It makes you want to hop on a plane and try the same trip, OK maybe with a smaller appliance. It makes you bask in people's fundamental goodness. It is the perfect beach read. --Angela M.

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Round Ireland with a Fridge (Paperback)

By Tony Hawks

$14.95

ISBN-13: 9780312274924
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: St. Martin's Griffin, 3/2001

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