The Accidental ExileDispatches from the end of the road

The Accidental Exile

Seasons in China

SIC · 001.V01 · C

A Halo of Strangeness

The complete dispatches - Volume I

Shanghai / Hangzhou / Cambridge

2026

Finlay Cowan

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CatalogueSIC · 001.V01 · C
FormatHardback · 105 × 178 mm
PlacesShanghai / Hangzhou / Cambridge
Year2026
Pages296
SketchFreehand original in every copy
SeriesSeasons in China
Seasons in China

A Halo of Strangeness

Finlay CowanForthcoming · December 2026

Collect other people’s memories. A place doesn’t mean anything until you meet somebody who tells you a story.

A billionaire sings karaoke in a dining room the size of a stadium, and a stranger from England is hired to help build the future, at a speed no one could sustain. What follows is a love affair with a country moving faster than any he has known. There are glass towers at midnight, faces that give nothing away, and a woman who carries a thousand years in her bones. Then come a plague year, a door slowly closing, and a grey English morning, where he learns that leaving a place is not the same as letting it go. Volume I of two. Signed and numbered, in an edition of twenty, each with an original sketch drawn by hand by the author.


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C · Signed and numbered, limited edition. Illustrated, printed, bound and sent by post.Every copy carries a loose, freehand sketch by Finlay Cowan, drawn on a page set aside for it. No two are alike.Delivery of limited edition printed books and fine art prints may take up to 28 days due to their unique nature.
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