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    <body><![CDATA[This is a gimmick travel book, and the gimmick is awesome: the author made a bar bet that he could travel around Ireland with a fridge. And by &quot;travel,&quot; I mean &quot;hithchike.&quot; <br/><br/>Unfortunately, that's the funniest part of the book. The rest of it - I got the feeling the aut...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1668942">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What a fun book about a guy who lost a bet and thus hitch-hiked around Ireland with a fridge.  (A true story.)  I don't think I've ever laughed out loud as much as I did with this book.  My only &quot;complaint&quot; would be that there wasn't enough info about the actual cities that he visited--I w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16820227">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Too much fun! Really enjoyed this off-kilter account of a man, a fridge, and a bet to hitchhike around Ireland. I don't know much about Tony Hawks except for what the book jacket says, but he tells a good story! <br/><br/>Following a late-night bar bet, Tony finds himself setting out from Dublin w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52266590">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;The more foolish, illogical, or surreal one's actions were perceived to be (and mine surely fell into one of these categories), the wider the arms of hospitality were opened in salutation.&quot;<br/><br/>Tony Hawks knows how to make you laugh, even when you don't want to. I've earned my fair...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62994707">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What a delightful book!  The Fridge Man had it far too easy, relying primarily off of his own publicity in order to get rides.  I would have liked it if he had had to overcome more adversity in the horrors of rural Ireland.  Or if he had at least gotten into a few fights.  As it was, this book was a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55311530">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[On his only prior visit to Ireland, songwriter/comic Tony Hawks had seen a man hitchhiking with a refrigerator. For years, he was wont to tell the tale during late-night drinking matches, and after one particularly heavy-duty night of partying, he awoke to find a bet scrawled pillow-side: a friend wagered 100 pounds that Hawks wouldn't travel Ireland for a month with a refrigerator at his side.<p> Out of this stupid premise, a ridiculously amusing book was born. Quickly discovered by the Irish media, the thumbing Englishman finds that he and his box fridge are elevated to celebrity status, and there's no dearth of rides, places to stay or goofy people to meet, from kings to spoons players to locals who take his fridge surfing. As insightful about the strange inner workings of Hawk's mind as it is about charming peculiarities of Irishmen--it's doubtful that Hawks would have been similarly embraced by Germans, Italians, or the French--<em>Round Ireland with a Fridge</em> is an entirely silly, heart-warming tale told in a rollicking funny and refreshing style. --<em>Melissa Rossi</em> </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book has a fabulous idea. Something random, spontaneous, and pointless. I love it! Unfortunately I thought the idea was better than the book. It seems that Tony Hawks is not much of a writer and possibly not much of a comedian. I couldn't stay engrossed in his story and my mind kept wondering i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66417991">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This became a *page-a-day* book. It tells the story of a fellow who took a bet to hitch around the perimeter of Ireland while pulling a fridge on a trolley behind him. I chose it because it was supposed to be funny and because I love tales of the Irish people. It was mildly amusing at times and had ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67527551">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>I hereby bet Tony Hawks the sum of One Hundred Pounds that he cannot hitchhike round the circumference of Ireland, with a fridge, within one calendar month.</em><br/><br/>Prompted by such an unsober bet in a London Party, starts the journey of Tony Hawks, round the Irish country where things always  fa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8439346">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A hilarious book about, as you may have guessed, hitchhiking around Ireland with a fridge. My only disappointment was the involvement of the nationally broadcast radio program. Not that Hawks' escapades weren't still entertaining, but I wonder how his trip would have differed without much of the cou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39118682">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If I remember correctly, the premise of this book was dreamt up in a bar while much liquor was being consumed. Based on my experience with Tony Hawks' book, more people should take notes amid alcoholic hazes and pursue their zany quests. The book is good reading, laugh-aloud funny at times. I think ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39032239">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[People are sick of hearing me talk about how much I loved this book–but let me just say that the author’s account of his trip hitch-hiking around the circumference of Ireland toting a small refrigerator on a dolly is hilarious. So, if you are in the mood to laugh out loud, this one is for you.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81322459">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A light hearted travel book in the tradition of Bill Bryson.Tony enters into a bet with a friend that he can hitchhike the circumference of Ireland over a periond of one month...with a fridge in tow. At times, ridiculous,  yet it still is tribute to the warmth and generosity of the Irish people and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58395407">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An unimportant book...but a damn fine one.<br/><br/>Whether you've been to Ireland or not, this book will absolutely entertain you. From its author's ups and downs to the incredible and boundless hospitality of the Irish people, I could not stop laughing. <br/><br/>For those bound for the Emeral...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57771811">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[On his only prior visit to Ireland, songwriter/comic Tony Hawks had seen a man hitchhiking with a refrigerator. For years, he was wont to tell the tale during late-night drinking matches, and after one particularly heavy-duty night of partying, he awoke to find a bet scrawled pillow-side: a friend wagered 100 pounds that Hawks wouldn't travel Ireland for a month with a refrigerator at his side.<p> Out of this stupid premise, a ridiculously amusing book was born. Quickly discovered by the Irish media, the thumbing Englishman finds that he and his box fridge are elevated to celebrity status, and there's no dearth of rides, places to stay or goofy people to meet, from kings to spoons players to locals who take his fridge surfing. As insightful about the strange inner workings of Hawk's mind as it is about charming peculiarities of Irishmen--it's doubtful that Hawks would have been similarly embraced by Germans, Italians, or the French--<em>Round Ireland with a Fridge</em> is an entirely silly, heart-warming tale told in a rollicking funny and refreshing style. --<em>Melissa Rossi</em> </p>]]>
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