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Fieldwork as a Sex Object: A Novel
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Expected 24 Nov 26Fieldwork as a Sex Object follows a young Indian woman in London as she tries to reclaim her reputation after her image is circulated in a deepfake porno—a fierce novel of incels, influencers, and AK-47s from Women’s Prize shortlisted icon Meena Kandasamy
Amrita contains she’s an accidental reality TV star, a self-appointed champion of the oppressed, and a full-time daddy's girl. In London, she goes by Amy and gallivants around Bloomsbury with the rest of Little India.
Until her world is upended, that is. A deepfake porno of her appears online and is shared over and over by thousands of WhatsApp aunties everywhere. The situation snowballs into a hate storm with millions of impressions, and within a day, she's being digitally stoned by a militia of Hindu incels hell-bent on her annihilation. Together with her best friend, Amy takes a page out of the Kardashian workbook and attempts to flip the script, which backfires spectacularly. Amy's selfhood must shatter into a billion pixels of public opinion for the point to finally she's no different from the faceless horde of keyboard warriors—until the ultimate checkmate you won't see coming.
In her fiercest novel yet, Meena Kandasamy boldly questions what we are prepared to risk for our beliefs and fearlessly explores online harassment, political corruption, and the creep of the manosphere.
Amrita contains she’s an accidental reality TV star, a self-appointed champion of the oppressed, and a full-time daddy's girl. In London, she goes by Amy and gallivants around Bloomsbury with the rest of Little India.
Until her world is upended, that is. A deepfake porno of her appears online and is shared over and over by thousands of WhatsApp aunties everywhere. The situation snowballs into a hate storm with millions of impressions, and within a day, she's being digitally stoned by a militia of Hindu incels hell-bent on her annihilation. Together with her best friend, Amy takes a page out of the Kardashian workbook and attempts to flip the script, which backfires spectacularly. Amy's selfhood must shatter into a billion pixels of public opinion for the point to finally she's no different from the faceless horde of keyboard warriors—until the ultimate checkmate you won't see coming.
In her fiercest novel yet, Meena Kandasamy boldly questions what we are prepared to risk for our beliefs and fearlessly explores online harassment, political corruption, and the creep of the manosphere.
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Expected publication November 24, 2026
About the author
Meena Kandasamy
31 books827 followersDr Meena Kandasamy FRSL is a poet and provocateur who has spent two decades triggering the far right. She’s been translated into over 20 languages.
Her previous novel, When I Hit You, was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize, Jhalak Prize and Hindu Literary Prize. It was also Book of the Year in the Financial Times, Observer, Daily Telegraph and Irish Times. Her poetry collection, Ms Militancy, went viral across South Asia. In 2022, PEN Germany awarded her a medal for being ‘a fearless fighter for human rights.’
Meena has two sons. Her new novel, Fieldwork as a Sex Object, is out now.
Her previous novel, When I Hit You, was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize, Jhalak Prize and Hindu Literary Prize. It was also Book of the Year in the Financial Times, Observer, Daily Telegraph and Irish Times. Her poetry collection, Ms Militancy, went viral across South Asia. In 2022, PEN Germany awarded her a medal for being ‘a fearless fighter for human rights.’
Meena has two sons. Her new novel, Fieldwork as a Sex Object, is out now.
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