Sag Harbor - Colson Whitehead

Sag Harbor

By Colson Whitehead

  • Release Date: 2009-04-28
  • Genre: Black Literature
Score: 4
4
From 95 Ratings

Description

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FINALIST •  From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys: a hilarious and supremely original novel set in the Hamptons in the 1980s, "a tenderhearted coming-of-age story fused with a sharp look at the intersections of race and class” (The New York Times).
 
Benji Cooper is one of the few Black students at an elite prep school in Manhattan. But every summer, Benji escapes to the Hamptons, to Sag Harbor, where a small community of Black professionals have built a world of their own.
 
The summer of ’85 won’t be without its usual trials and tribulations, of course. There will be complicated new handshakes to fumble through and state-of-the-art profanity to master. Benji will be tested by contests big and small, by his misshapen haircut (which seems to have a will of its own), by the New Coke Tragedy, and by his secret Lite FM addiction. But maybe, just maybe, this summer might be one for the ages.

Look for Colson Whitehead’s new novel, Crook Manifesto, coming soon!

Reviews

  • Prose

    5
    By gnew18
    Say what you will about story and subject matter. This author writes extremely well. It is not often that one comes across an author whose prose are so very descriptive and poetic. Read this book for the enjoyment of its writing, laugh out loud as it speaks to you.
  • Crap Harbor

    1
    By Qdibxykcykvxsgvxgkv
    This book is the biggest steaming pile of garbage I've ever read. I'm an avid reader, and somehow I only see this book being a waste of paper and ink. So, unless this is required reading for you, save yourself the trouble.