Fieldwork as a Sex Object
A Novel
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Pub Date Nov 24 2026 | Archive Date Nov 10 2026
Catapult, Counterpoint Press, and Soft Skull Press | Soft Skull
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Description
Amrita contains multitudes: 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 click: 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.
Advance Praise
A Boston Globe Fall Most Anticipated Book
A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book of the Year
A Vogue India Most Anticipated Book of the Year
"Savvy, fierce novel about racism, misogyny, and India’s caste system." — Carolyn Kellogg, The Boston Globe
“Meena Kandasamy’s books burst with so much energy that you assume she needs a lie down for months after finishing each one. The new book by the Tamil-born Indian poet and novelist shows that she isn’t slowing up… [T]he book brilliantly captures the hopelessness of being carried along on a wave of mob hatred… But it comes perfectly balanced between anger and comedy… [L]ike all Kandasamy’s novels, this is an intense book: the reader might need a lie down afterwards too.” —The Observer
“Kandasamy’s sharp humour provides much-needed relief from the anger of the internet and I found myself laughing many times at her wicked, tart observations . . . Kandasamy is one of India’s most exciting writers precisely because she doesn’t pull any punches.” —The Guardian
“Through her trademark razor-sharp writing, the Exquisite Cadavers author presents a nuanced narrative about race, politics, sex and sexuality, resulting in a novel that will simultaneously shock and reel in readers.” —Vogue India
"The best book of the year. Fieldwork as a Sex Object is compulsive, confronting, wild and utterly original. A powerful read" —Nussaibah Younis, author of Fundamentally
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781593768416 |
| PRICE | $17.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 240 |