{"product_id":"bug-9781250002495","title":"Bug","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith a New Introduction by Mary Gaitskill \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA PEN\/Hemingway Award Finalist \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEllen Ullman is a \"rarity, a computer programmer with a poet's feeling for language\" (Laura Miller, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003ci\u003eThe Bug\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllen Ullman\u003c\/b\u003e is an American computer programmer and author. She has written novels as well as articles for various publications, including \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e. Her essays and novels analyze the human side of the world of computer programming. Ullman earned a bachelor's degree in English at Cornell University in the early 1970s. She then turned to business programming in the following years. She eventually began writing about her experiences as a programmer in 1995 when she wrote an essay titled Out of Time: Reflections on the Programming Life. She lives in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50504295645458,"sku":"9781250002495","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_02ac6f44-c728-41de-9dc7-40722980b5fe.jpg?v=1730815571","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bug-9781250002495","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}