Sag Harbor

Introduction

Sag Harbor is a 2009 novel by author Colson Whitehead.

Sag Harbor takes place in Sag Harbor, a small village in the exclusive Hamptons on the east end of New York's Long Island. The novel's main character is Benji, an African American teenager spending the summer in a black enclave of his predominantly white and close-knit town along with his brother Reggie. Set in 1985, the novel touches on themes of race, class, and commercial culture.[1]


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