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Eddie Piller’s electrifying trip back to mod’s second wave

bout halfway through his new memoir, , Eddie Piller recalls a report card he received from his headmaster at age 13. “If he continues like this, I fear Edward will waste his not inconsiderable talents…” it reads. “Edward is at a crossroads, and at this rate I can see him becoming either Head Boy or being expelled.” Although he predictably didn’t choose the former path, instead zeroing in on what

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