<DIV><DIV><DIV>With a New Introduction by Mary Gaitskill <P></P></DIV>A PEN/Hemingway Award Finalist <P></P>A <I>New York Times Book Review</I> Notable Book <P></P><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 humans beings who created it. <P></P></DIV></DIV>