Round Ireland with a Fridge - Tony Hawks Reviews

The title of this book explains it all really; travel/comedy writer Tony Hawks hitch-hikes around Ireland...with a fridge. Simple. How he came to carry out this bizarre adventure is how he begins his story. Tony had visited Ireland in the late 1980's and spotted a hitch-hiker (complete with fridge) at the side of a road. Almost a decade later (and ...  Read the complete review

Tony Hawks (no, not the one with the skateboard, the one from red dwarf) is a very strange man. Unless you accept that fact this book is sadly going to remain a mystery to you, as it is a book entirely based on the premise that Tony Hawks is a very strange man, and finds the idea of hitch-hiking with a fridge to be a lifetime goal, in ...  Read the complete review

For the less discerning gentleman the idea of reading can seem a little iffy. Why would you want to read about relationships and feelings when you could be drinking beer and having a fight? Good question and the answer is that there is room in life for drinking, fighting and reading! There are so many types of books out there that something ...  Read the complete review

When I had to shelve this book in the library (it's ok, I used to work there, I didn't just wander around putting books away for fun), I wasn't quite sure of what category it would come under, was it humour or travel? To save myself from having to think too hard, I decided to take it home and read it. I later found that its Dewey classification is ...  Read the complete review

When it comes to humorous travel literature, Bill Bryson has made an art of combining description of place with laugh out loud comedy. When you consider how many writers out there are genuinely funny, it's a bizarrely untapped market (and a lucrative one I guess) and so it comes as no surprise to me to read this odd little book. The ...  Read the complete review

Round Ireland with a Fridge could be subtitled 'Round Ireland with a sense of humour.' It is an amusing book, it set me to thinking that I could do with doing something interesting like that, and that is never a bad thing. I work in Ireland frequently and reading this reassured me a bit that the Ireland I started working in ...  Read the complete review

I don't know why I originally picked Round Ireland With A Fridge up in the library as it's definitely not the kind of book I would usually read, but as it was due back in a few days and I had nothing else to read I thought I might as well try it. Round Ireland With A Fridge is, as you would suspect from the title, a comedy look at a ...  Read the complete review

Hawke’s:” I would like to report the theft of a fridge!” Garda:” A fridge you say?” Hawkes:”Well yes…” Garda:” Are you the owner of this fridge?” Hawke’s: I’m hitching around Ireland with it” Garda:” Are you a comedian or something” Hawke’s: “Yes”. So, how many people had heard of stand-up comic Tony Hawks ...  Read the complete review

There was a time, not really all that long ago, when travel writing consisted of little more than city and country guides. Nothing that really made you want to up sticks and go places, as they assumed you were either already there or booked to go. The televising of Peter Mayle's "A Year in Provence" ...  Read the complete review

What I am afraid. I read this as my girlfriend laughed outloud continuosly when she read it, so I thought it must be good. I was sadly disappointed. Thats not to say it is not a good book, just I was disappointed not to find it as uproarously funny as she did. It is enjoyable in places. In case you are unaware of the book its basic ...  Read the complete review

We’ve all had one, I’m sure. I know I have. Several. You know, one of those moments when you say, “I wonder if…” and then the exact nanosecond you finish, you regret saying it. Tony Hawks, the author of this wonderful book, had his one evening early in 1997, while at a dinner party with friends, slightly out ...  Read the complete review

If you're the sort who likes to read quietly and not have anyone notice you, then this probably is not a good book for you. I read it in about 2 days sitting by the pool last summer (ahh, the memories flood back), despite the interruptions from the family who thought I was boring by reading in the shade (I'm not really a sun-lover ...  Read the complete review

The blurb on the front says the book is "too funny to read in a public place" and it may well be true. Tony Hawk pursues a drunken bet to hitch his way round the coast of the Emerald Isle with his newly-acquainted household appliance for company. Perhaps not the most loquacious travelling companion, buy Tony meets plenty of Irish ...  Read the complete review

I know I'm in the minority here but I felt this book did'nt live up to the hype or make the most of an original premise. Tony Hawks is one of those people you recognise on TV but spend an agonising ten minutes trying to put a name to.He's most famous as a pundit on a few panel games and allegedly makes his living as a standup ...  Read the complete review

This is the dare that Tony Hawks undertook to complete within one month, armed only with a small fridge, and a sturdy thumb. Admittedly, he did get a fair bit of publicity from national radio along the way, but I think he needed the help. And of course the Irish loved him for it, as it was all just a bit of fun. And boy did that fridge ...  Read the complete review

Around Ireland with a fridge is the first of Tony Hawkes books, and is still hilarious. A dinner party with some of his mates, large quantities of alcohol let Tony remember an image of someone who was trying to thumb a lift with a fridge. When Tony wakes up next morning he is left with no memory, but a bet for £100 that he cannot hitchhike around ...  Read the complete review

Who in their right mind would decide to hitch hike around Ireland with a fridge? Well after a drunken night with old friends Tony Hawks did just that as the result of a bet. A friend bet him £100 that he could not hitch hike around Ireland with this fridge within one month. Sounds ridiculous? It cost him £130 for the fridge that he was to take ...  Read the complete review

This is one of the more unusual travel-logs as the comedian Tony Hawks attempts to hitchhike around the circumference of Ireland with a fridge, all within one calendar month for the sum of £100. This is definitely a strange story, but the thing is that the whole of Ireland, thanks to radio coverage, knew this man was on the way round and for ...  Read the complete review

Tony Hawks is the comedian you see on various comedy gameshows and Royal variety performances who has until now never made me laugh. I bought this book because the title intrigued me - why on earth would someone want to take a fridge anywhere with them! - it soon becomes apparent and a drunken bet turns into a real soul searching experience. ...  Read the complete review

A very funny book, written by Tony Hawks, who is first and foremost a stand-up comedian. For anyone who can't place him, he has appeared on They Think It's All Over, Have I Got News for You, If I Ruled the World, and various radio 4 programmes, including the serialization of this very book. "Round Ireland with a Fridge"is the ...  Read the complete review