Sag Harbor

The ultimate coming of age tale – Nikesh ShuklaA 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 *It’s rare to come across a coming-of-age novel as polished as Colson Whitehead’s Sag Harbor * New Statesman *Whitehead’s delicious language and sarcastic, clever voice fit this teenager who’s slowly constructing himself * New York Times *Perfectly portrays the constant and mortifying awkwardness of teenage existence * Aesthetica *Intimate and autobiographical story…the novel can’t help but hold your attention – Ned Beauman * Dazed & Confused *

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.

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