In 1964, British writers Jane Deverson and Charles Hamblett set out to understand the new "teenager". They called their subjects "Generation X" and the ground-breaking book they produced heralded the new age of pop sociology. It featured nothing but the voices of Britain's youth, from aristocrats in blazers to bikers in leather, and unleashed a trend for books that took the temperature of teen culture.
Forty years later, Deverson and Hamblett's original "Xers" are on the verge of retirement and Dein travels around the country to track them down. He asks them to look back on their colourful teenage comments and to reflect on the young people they were.
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