Sag Harbor
Sag Harbor
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From the author of the Man Booker longlisted The Underground Railroad Benji spends most of the year as one of the only black kids at an elite prep school in Manhattan, going to roller disco bar mitzvahs, desperately trying to find his place in the social hierarchy.
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Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead
From the author of the Man Booker longlisted The Underground Railroad Benji spends most of the year as one of the only black kids at an elite prep school in Manhattan, going to roller disco bar mitzvahs, desperately trying to find his place in the social hierarchy. Then he spends his summers in the African-American community of Sag Harbor on Long Island, and is just as confused. He's way behind on the latest handshakes, baffled by new slang, and his attempts to be cool and meet girls are constantly thwarted by his extremely awkward inner geek, braces and a badly cut Afro. It's the summer of 1985 and Benji is determined that this is the summer when things will change and he'll fit in. For starters, he'll be reinvented as 'Ben'. When that doesn't catch on, it's another summer of the perpetual mortification that is teenage existence.
The ultimate coming of age tale -- Nikesh Shukla
A universal tale of adolescent angst -- Adrian Turpin * Financial Times *
Whitehead proves himself, among other things, a poet of the American summer and its aspirations..remarkable * Guardian *
it is impossible not to like Sag Harbor and its genuinely empathetic, intelligent tone -- Neel Mukherjee * The Times *
Whitehead has tapped the most classic summer-novel activity of al: nostalgia * Time *
A universal tale of adolescent angst -- Adrian Turpin * Financial Times *
Whitehead proves himself, among other things, a poet of the American summer and its aspirations..remarkable * Guardian *
it is impossible not to like Sag Harbor and its genuinely empathetic, intelligent tone -- Neel Mukherjee * The Times *
Whitehead has tapped the most classic summer-novel activity of al: nostalgia * Time *
Colson Whitehead is the author of four previous novels, The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, Apex Hides the Hurt and Zone One, as well as The Colossus of New York, a collection of essays. He is the recipient of numerous awards and has frequently hit the American bestseller lists. He lives in New York.
Web: www.colsonwhitehead.com
Twitter: @colsonwhitehead
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780099531883 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099531887 |
| Title | Sag Harbor |
| Author | Colson Whitehead |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2011-05-05 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |