Comedian Tony Hawks does it again as another bet lands him in Moldova, this time prepared to beat all eleven soccer players from the national team at tennis. Set against a little seen background of post-Soviet Moldova, Hawks wanders the grim streets in search of his footballers while avoiding open manholes. Hawks trivial trip is laid out in linear fashion as he goes from Moldova, to Russia, and Israel in order to play his list of footballers. The tennis matches start counting down and Tony's knowledge of Eastern Europe grows as he edges toward the final conclusion of his travels--where someone will end up stark-naked singing the Moldovan national anthem! Fraught with language barriers, frustrating post-Cold War bureaucracy, and deception, this might be Tony Hawks most elaborate bet yet. Hawks style of writing is a blend of bloke-ish humor and understated awareness of his cultural surroundings. Features bonus pictures from his travels. A slightly irreverent option to the more traditional, staid travelogue. An engaging option for high school or public libraries. ( )

In a bet, Tony Hawks has to beat every single member of the Moldovan national football team in a game of tennis. In his quest to find and challenge the players he visits Moldova, Northern Ireland, and Israel. Like Round Ireland With A Fridge (although not quite as good) Hawks witty observations and ability to get himself into the most absurd situations makes this a laugh out loud book. ( )

Highly amusing sports journalism, if you want to call it that, not to mention a travelogue.

A writer, who also happens to be your A-grade pennant sort of standard type of tennis player thought it would be interesting to see if he could get one of the worst national football team's players to each play him in a short tennis match.

Not being the most open or easy to get by in country this presents some challenges, and some bemused players, although most are pretty good sports.

Some eye-opening local stuff about the country he comes across, especially with some of the less athletically skilled inhabitants.

A good read, especially given nobody knows anything about the place. ( )

Following on from the success of Round Ireland With A Fridge, Hawks takes on another bet to play all 11 members of the Moldovan football team at tennis. Read this for the comedy rather than the travel. ( )

Round Ireland with a Fridge was 100x better. ( )