The first and last thing I do every day is see what strangers are saying about me.'

Kitab Balasubramanyam is having a pretty rough few months. His girlfriend left him, after deciding he drained the joy from life through never being fully present in the room without social networking. His debut novel didn't sell any copies and so he's now burning through his inheritance money. The few people that did notice his book won't stop emphasizing the Indian in 'Indian novelist'. His father has more success with women than he does AND his Facebook comments get more likes. He's reduced to spending all of his time coming up with ideas for novelty Tumblrs in his flat with Aziz, and now even he's left for adventures in New York in an attempt to jazz up his blog.

When Kitab's namesake arrives from India, looking for someone to take him under his wing, and claiming to be 'the real Kitab', he's forced to deal with a increasingly absurd sequence of events to try and get his life back. But what does that even mean anymore?

Meatspace is a hilarious and troubling analysis of what happens when our lives become an aggregation of shared content.

Nikesh Shukla is a London-based author, filmmaker and poet. His writing has featured on BBC2, BBC Radio 1 and 4, and BBC Asian Network. He has performed at Royal Festival Hall, Book Club Boutique, Soho Theatre, The Big Chill, Rise Festival and Glastonbury. He hosts THE SUBALTERN PODCAST, the anti-panel discussion featuring conversations with writers about writing, and MEAT UP, HULK OUT podcast, with James Smythe. His short stories have been featured in Best British Short Stories 2013, Five Dials, The Moth Magazine, Pen Pusher, The Sunday Times, Book Slam, BBC Radio 4, First City Magazine and Teller Magazine. He has written for the Guardian, Esquire and BBC 2. Nikesh’s first novel, COCONUT UNLIMITED, was published in 2010 and shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award.

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