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Described as 'one of my favorite books, published 1954' - referenced for a passage describing a bearded character named Bertrand as a pacifist and painter

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Referenced as a novel about a young man planning to escape his academic job and move to London. The hosts use a passage from the book where the protagonist fantasizes about London neighborhoods but specifically excludes Chelsea due to its bohemian reputation, to illustrate Chelsea's image in the early 1950s.