Round Ireland with a Fridge

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Round Ireland with a Fridge is a book by Tony Hawks, first published in the UK in 1998. It sold over half a million copies.{{cite book|author=Tony Hawks|title=Round Ireland with a Fridge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OUZrL1w4Q2YC|year=2008|publisher=Ebury Publishing|isbn=978-1-4070-2637-4}}

The book is loosely based on a journey made by Hawks{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dpnx5|title=BBC Four - Round Ireland with a Fridge|website=BBC|access-date=15 July 2019}} in 1997, when he hitchhiked around Ireland while re-evaluating his life and career.{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/fridge-hiker-set-to-hit-the-road-round-ireland-again-frlqzssr0|title=Fridge-hiker set to hit the road round Ireland again|website=The Times|date=9 April 2017|author=Barry Hartigan|access-date=15 July 2019}} He made the trip as a result of a £100 bet with a friend,{{cite book|title=Library Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8j_hAAAAMAAJ|publisher=R.R. Bowker Company|page=200}} after he had seen a man in Ireland hitchhiking with a refrigerator.{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/film/round_ireland_with_a_fridge/interview/tony_hawks/|title=Tony Hawks interview|website=British Comedy Guide|access-date=15 July 2019}}

Publishers Weekly called the book "a bad parody of Dave Barry's travel books" but added that "In the end, Hawks's book becomes a lively celebration of contemporary Irish society and the goodwill of its people that neither revels in irony nor descends into mawkishness.{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-312-24236-7|title=Round Ireland with a Fridge|website=Publishers Weekly|date=28 February 2000|access-date=15 July 2019}}