Fieldwork as a Sex Object
A Novel
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Fieldwork as a Sex Object
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Meena Kandasamy
A young Indian woman in London tries to reclaim her reputation after her image is circulated in a deepfake porno in this fierce novel of incels, influencers, and AK-47s—from Women’s Prize shortlisted icon Meena Kandasamy
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.
© 2026 by Meena Kandasamy. ℗ 2026 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
Critic reviews
"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." —Fatima Bhutto, The Guardian
“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 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.” —John Self, The Observer
"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." —Asma Siddiqui, Vogue India