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|title=Sag Harbor
|author=Colston Colson Whitehead|reviewer=Trish Simpson-DaviesDavis
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=Acutely observed picture of an affluent black teenager growing up during his summer vacation in an American seaport. I enjoyed the writing but hey, isn't there more to life than that?
|borrow=Yes
|isbn=978-0099531883
|pages=288
|publisher=Vintage
|date=May 2011
|website=http://www.colsonwhitehead.com
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|cover=0099531887
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For me the great strength of Whitehad's writing is in his painstaking ability to bring the picture to life. I thought ''Sag Harbor'' might make an interesting film as I constantly imagined scenes playing out before a camera in my head. Also, of course, the insecurities of the coming of age period lend themselves to comedy. I do feel though, that there isn't enough conflict in this book for the characters to get their teeth into, or a decent climax to pitch a film round. It would be interesting to know why the author chose fiction rather than autobiography. Nevertheless, it's an enjoyable read and I'd like to thank the publishers for sending ''Sag Harbor''.
If you enjoyed this book with its sense of not quite fitting in, then I'd recommend [[Pilgrim State by Jacqueline Walker]], where her family arrive in Britain from the Caribbean. Two teen novels which The Bookbag loved were [[Black Rabbit Summer by Kevin BrocksBrooks|Black Rabbit Summer]], a crime thriller by Kevin Brocks Brooks and [[Ruby Red by Linzi Glass]], set in apartheid South Africa.
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