Queer Reads: Author Naomi Kanakia’s trans novel ‘The Default World’ is out now
Naomi Kanakia’s fourth novel is out for your Pride reading list. The Default World was published and released by Feminist Press on May 28.
The story centers on a trans woman who is on the precipice of a bold lifestyle. Years after fleeing San Francisco and getting sober, a trans woman named Jhanvi has made a life for herself working at a grocery co-op and saving for her surgeries.
But when her friend–and sometimes more–Henry mentions that he and his techie festival-goer friends spent $100,000 to transform a warehouse basement into a sex dungeon, Jhanvi starts wondering if there’s a way to exploit gullible idiots.
She returns to San Francisco, hatching a plan to marry Henry for his company’s generous healthcare benefits. Jhanvi enters a world of beautiful, decadent fire eaters and their lavish sex parties.
