Round Ireland with a Fridge

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.^[1]

The book is loosely based on a journey made by Hawks^[2] in 1997, when he hitchhiked around Ireland while re-evaluating his life and career.^[3] He made the trip as a result of a £100 bet with a friend,^[4] after he had seen a man in Ireland hitchhiking with a refrigerator.^[5]

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.^[6]

Film version

A film based on the book^[7] was directed by Ed Bye and starred Tony Hawks as himself, Valerie O'Connor as Roisin Mulvaney, Ed Byrne as Dylan Daley, Sean Hughes as Brendan, Josie Lawrence as Sandra, Andy Taylor as Kevin and Sara Crowe as Nicole. The film premiered at the Cambridge Film Festival on 22 September 2010, to mixed reviews,^[8][9] and then released on DVD.^[10]

References

1. Tony Hawks (2008). Round Ireland with a Fridge. Ebury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4070-2637-4.
2. "BBC Four - Round Ireland with a Fridge". BBC. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
3. Barry Hartigan (9 April 2017). "Fridge-hiker set to hit the road round Ireland again". The Times. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
4. Library Journal. R.R. Bowker Company. p. 200.
5. "Tony Hawks interview". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
6. "Round Ireland with a Fridge". Publishers Weekly. 28 February 2000. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
7. "Round Ireland with a Fridge". IMDB.
8. Robert Beames. "Cambridge 2010 Review: Tony Hawks' Round Ireland with a Fridge". Cambridge 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
9. "History of Cambridge Film Festival". Cambridge Film Festival. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
10. "Round Ireland with a Fridge... a True Story". Radio Times. Retrieved 15 July 2019.