The Bug: A Novel

The Bug: A Novel

<p>With a New Introduction by Mary Gaitskill </p><p>A PEN/Hemingway Award Finalist </p><p>A <i>New York Times Book Review</i> Notable Book </p><p>Ellen Ullman is a "rarity, a computer programmer with a poet's feeling for language" (Laura Miller, <i>Salon</i>). <i>The Bug</i> breaks new ground in literary fiction, offering us a deep look into the internal lives of people in the technical world. Set in a start-up company in 1984, this highly acclaimed first novel explores what happens when a baffling software flaw—a bug so teasing it is named "the Jester"—threatens the survival of the human beings who created it.</p>