About the book
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!
Editions of Sag Harbor
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780307455161
- AltFormat
- ISBN 9780385527651
- EBook
- ISBN 9780385529396
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9781415960578
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780739381915
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9781415960561
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780739381908
Read an Excerpt
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!
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Sag Harbor about?
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!
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Sag Harbor?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre
Where can I read a sample of Sag Harbor?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780307455161
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Sag Harbor?
Colson Whitehead
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Sag Harbor is available as paperback(ISBN 9780307455161) and altformat(ISBN 9780385527651) and ebook(ISBN 9780385529396) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781415960578) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780739381915) and audiodisc(ISBN 9781415960561) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780739381908)
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