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Round Ireland with a Fridge

By Tony Hawks

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| Paperback | 9780312274924

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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.Have you ever made a drunken bet? Worse still, have you ever tried to win one?In attempting to hitchhike round Ireland with a fridge, Tony HawksContinue

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Beware of drunken bets! :-D

Poor Tony has lost a drunken bet and he's now hitchhiking around Ireland with a quite peculiar companion: a fridge. Needless to say that it's not a comfortable thing to take with you when you're trying to stop cars for a ride. He also decides that he's not going to explain the fridge to anyone unles ... (continue)

Poor Tony has lost a drunken bet and he's now hitchhiking around Ireland with a quite peculiar companion: a fridge. Needless to say that it's not a comfortable thing to take with you when you're trying to stop cars for a ride. He also decides that he's not going to explain the fridge to anyone unless they ask. The fridge will slowly turn into an almost essential item or more like a friend. It even gets blessed and christened.
Brilliant! Extremely funny! A taste of British and Irish craziness. Don't miss it!

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Katia Guido said on Aug 15, 2011 | 2 feedbacks

Nice book, though I expected some more fun. There's a lot of Irishness in it, but I strangely found it slightly boring at the end (like Tony himself, who seems constantly horny and finally succeeds in having sex after three or four unsuccessful attempts).
The most interesting and brilliant part is t ... (continue)

Nice book, though I expected some more fun. There's a lot of Irishness in it, but I strangely found it slightly boring at the end (like Tony himself, who seems constantly horny and finally succeeds in having sex after three or four unsuccessful attempts).
The most interesting and brilliant part is the idea of the metaphoric trip:
I had learned not to worry; to make my choice and allow things to happen. For the most part they turned out to be good, and when they weren't [...] then they were character building. There weren't any wrong or right paths to choose, just different ones, and where they led was governed by the attitude adopted towards them. It seemed to me that was true of life also.

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Lilacwhisper said on May 3, 2011 | Add your feedback