Fieldwork as a Sex Object : A novel of incels, influencers and AK-47s from the Women's Prize-shortlisted author

LIKE IF BRIDGET JONES MET KARL MARX: CLIT-LIT, AND CLASS CONFLICT.

'A one-woman literary-political movement' INDEPENDENT

'Kandasamy's work becomes more bold and exciting with each new book' SKINNY

'There has never been a book quite like this' IRISH TIMES

Amrita has a past. In London, she goes by Amy - the cool girl who's woker than you - but spends most days gallivanting with the rest of Little India.

Until a deepfake porno of her 'forwarded many times' by meddling WhatsApp aunties suddenly appears, all at once, everywhere. The next morning, she's being publicly stoned in the digital town square by anonymous Hindu incels. Together with an ex nicknamed the Child Solider, her suitably lower-caste bestie Nirmala, and English trustafarian India, the unlikely triple alliance take a page out of the Kardashian playbook.

Will they succeed in flipping the public narrative, or has the bait unknowingly fed herself into the belly of an invisible beast that will not rest until she is below ground?

What are you prepared to risk for your beliefs? For readers of Fundamentally and watchers of Adolescence, Fieldwork as a Sex Object is an incendiary novel about having skin in the game, leaving no stone unthrown back at the rise of fascism.

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'Defies all expectations' BERNARDINE EVARISTO

'So so good. One of the best of the year' NIKESH SHUKLA

'Thank god for writing like this' MAX PORTER

LIKE IF BRIDGET JONES MET KARL MARX: CHICK-LIT, AND CLASS CONFLICT.

''A one-woman literary-political movement'' INDEPENDENT

''Kandasamy''s work becomes more bold and exciting with each new book'' SKINNY

''There has never been a book quite like this'' IRISH TIMES

Amrita has a past. In London, she goes by Amy - the cool girl who''s woker than you - but spends most days gallivanting with the other Little India rich kids. Until an AI porno of her ''forwarded many times'' by meddling WhatsApp aunties suddenly appears everywhere for millions to view. Within a day, she''s being publicly stoned in the digital town square by an anonymous operation of Hindu extremist incels.

Together with her allies including her suitably poor bestie, a fling nicknamed the Child Solider, and not-that-bad trustafarian India, the unlikely trio take a page out of the Kardashian workbook and flip the script. Will it work, or has the bait unknowingly fed herself into the belly of an underground beast that will not rest until she, too, is below ground?

How far will you actually go for what you claim to believe? For readers of Fundamentally and watchers of Adolescence, Fieldwork as a Sex Object is a gusty novel about having skin in the game, leaving no stone unthrown back at the incel manosphere.

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''Defies all expectations'' BERNARDINE EVARISTO

''So so good. One of the best of the year'' NIKESH SHUKLA

''Thank god for writing like this'' MAX PORTER