Fieldwork as a Sex Object

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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 * 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 * 'A South Asian feminist Uncut Gems' -- Ash Sarkar