Sag Harbor (novel)

Sag Harbor is a 2009 novel by author Colson Whitehead and distributed by Doubleday.

Sag Harbor takes place in Sag Harbor, New York, a small village in the exclusive Hamptons on the east end of Long Island. The village of Sag Harbor is on the bay side (northern part) of the South Fork of the tip of Long Island, and an old whaling port where several African-American families have bought property over many years despite the area's history of segregation. The novel's main character is Benji, an African American teenager spending the summer in this black enclave of the predominantly white and close-knit town along with his brother Reggie. Set in 1985, the novel touches on themes of race, class, substance abuse, and commercial culture.