The Bug: A Novel

By Ellen Ullman

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250002494
• ISBN13: 9781250002495
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.4"