Fieldwork as a Sex Object

<p><b>FROM THE ICONIC WOMEN''S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR AND ACTIVIST</b><br><br><b>''A one-woman, agitprop literary-political movement'' <i>INDEPENDENT</i></b><br><b>''One of the most urgent voices of tomorrow''<i> HARPER''S BAZAAR</i></b><br><br><b><i>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 </i>is<i> my fucking face.</i></b><br><br>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). <br><br>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 Solider, and white trustafarian India - battle a stoning in the digital town square that could cancel even Kim Kardashian.<br><br>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.<br><b><br>A literary provocation about incels, influencers and AK-47s where the online turns offline turns bloody, <i>Fieldwork as a Sex Object</i> 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.</b><br><br><b>''One of fiction''s most fiery and unclassifiable'' <i>GUARDIAN</i></b><br><b>''Her prose is electric, at once brave and poetic and satirical'' <i>PARIS REVIEW</i><br>''Kandasamy becomes more bold and exciting with each new book''<i> SKINNY</i></b></p>