Phil Earle,
Demolition Dad
Orion, 2015
ISBN 9781444013863
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Phil Earle never wanted to be a writer growing up. He wanted to be a professional footballer for the mighty Hull City. Phil also hated reading novels as a child, but discovered a love of comics and graphic novels. After University, he had a number of jobs in pubs, travel agencies, and as a care worker in a residential children’s home. It was this incredible experience that influenced his writing of Being Billy and Saving Daisy. Phil says that the best thing that ever happened to him was getting a job in the children’s section of a bookshop. It was whilst working there that he realised he wanted to try writing for young people. Phil worked in the bookshop for five years, before taking a job in publishing, and now he splits his working life between selling books for a publisher, and writing his own.
Jake Biggs’s dad works in demolition. All week long he knocks down buildings from the cockpit of his crane, but at weekends he becomes Demolition Man, twenty stone of Man Mountain in a leotard, the best wrestler in town, and Jake couldn’t be prouder! There’s just one thing that upsets him – his dad wants it kept a secret. But when the opportunity arises to enter his dad into an international wrestling competition, Jake can’t resist. While Demolition Dad unashamedly plugs the many delights of wrestling and could well inspire a whole new army of fans, it is really a book about love, in particular the love between a boy and his dad. A warm, funny and genuinely touching story of family relationships.
To find out more about Phil visit his website www.philearle.com or follow him on Twitter: @philearle
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