Fieldwork as a Sex Object

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FROM THE WOMEN'S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR

By Meena Kandasamy

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FROM THE ICONIC WOMEN'S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR AND ACTIVIST 'A one-woman, agitprop literary-political movement' INDEPENDENT 'One of the most urgent voices of tomorrow' HARPER'S BAZAAR I download the video. I mute the audio before replaying it frame by frame, in dread, in desperation. I watch it four... Read More

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FROM THE ICONIC WOMEN'S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR AND ACTIVIST 'A one-woman, agitprop literary-political movement' INDEPENDENT 'One of the most urgent voices of tomorrow' HARPER'S BAZAAR I download the video. I mute the audio before replaying it frame by frame, in dread, in desperation. I watch it four times. It is not me. It is my fucking face.

Amrita Chaturvedi goes by Amy. Amy identifies as a communist on Twitter (her bio omits a cameo on reality TV and millionaire daddy who runs the show at Delhi High Court).

When a deepfake porno of her 'forwarded many times' by WhatsApp aunties goes viral, the truth finally catches up. On her birthday, Amy, and allies - a Dalit, a consenting adult code-named the Child Soldier, and white trustafarian India - battle a stoning in the digital town square that could cancel even Kim Kardashian.

Her executioners? An unhinged cartel of virgins styling themselves after V for Vendetta - except these anonymous keyboard warriors are on a merciless crusade to eradicate desi jezebels and Make India Hindu Again.

A literary provocation about incels, influencers and AK-47s where the online turns offline turns bloody, Fieldwork as a Sex Object is not a novel you read but a novel that reads you. It invites every one of us to ask ourselves how much we're prepared to risk for our principles. 'One of fiction's most fiery and unclassifiable' GUARDIAN 'Her prose is electric, at once brave and poetic and satirical' PARIS REVIEW 'Kandasamy becomes more bold and exciting with each new book' SKINNY

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781846016592

Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: BRAZEN

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

DR MEENA KANDASAMY FRSL is an activist with over 200,000 followers. She has been translated into more than 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 viral poetry collection, Ms Militancy, is a symbol of feminist revolt across South Asia.

In 2022, Meena was awarded the PEN Germany Prize for being a "fearless fighter for human rights." She has two sons.

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