Bug

With a New Introduction by Mary Gaitskill A PEN/Hemingway Award Finalist A New York Times Book Review Notable Book Ellen Ullman is a rarity a computer programmer with a poet''s feeling for language (Laura Miller Salon). The Bug 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 humans beings who created it.