Fieldwork as a Sex Object

One of my books of the year. I loved her last novel When I Hit You, but Fieldwork as a Sex Object is even better. Brave, bold, original and brilliantly written – Nicola Sturgeon, former Scottish First Minister
The best book of the year. Fieldwork as a Sex Object is compulsive, confronting, wild and utterly original – Nussaibah Younis, Women’s Prize-shortlisted author of Fundamentally
One of the most urgent voices of tomorrow * Harper’s Bazaar *
There will be poetic justice when this fierce and brilliant novel goes viral – Lemn Sissay, author of My Name Is Why
One of fiction’s most fiery and unclassifiable * Guardian *
A revolutionary book by one of the greatest writers of our era – Nikita Gill, author of Hekate
A nuanced narrative… Will simultaneously shock and reel in readers * Vogue *
‘A pithy, savagely funny tale of online shaming and the Indian manosphere… Kandasamy is one of India’s most exciting writers precisely because she doesn’t pull any punches - on the contrary, she really packs them in. ‘ * The Guardian *
An uncompromising, unrelenting and unbelievable tour-de-force that nails far-right incels to the wall by their nutsacks – Nikesh Shukla, author of The Good Immigrant
A one-woman, agitprop literary-political movement… It would take Carol Ann Duffy, Arundhati Roy and Salman Rushdie to match her infinite variety * Independent *
Brilliant and brutal. In this fascinating novel, Kandasamy reveals with a delicate sort of mastery the many modes of oppression exercised against women – Pilar Quintana, author of The Bitch
Kandasamy is fearless on the page * Esquire *
Her prose is electric, at once brave and poetic and satirical * Paris Review *
Kandasamy’s work becomes bolder and more exciting with each new book * Skinny *
‘Meena Kandasamy’s books burst with so much energy that you assume she needs a lie down for months after finishing each one…The book’s bouncy form - made up of messages, lists, rants - is a structure from which Kandasamy can hang views about modern life, the empathy gap in social media, activism and the manosphere. But it comes perfectly balanced between anger and comedy.’ * The Observer *
‘Meena Kandasamy’s striking writing style has readers excited to read her exploration of incels, influencers and AK-47s, in a world where everything online is becoming frighteningly real.’ * Platform Mag *

Dr 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’.

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