A satire of office politics and radical feminism, which is set in an archive during the pre-computer age. A false accusation of sexual harassment threatens the career of a trainee archivist named Tom Barnet. His only ally is an eccentric colleague nicknamed Bugman who collects insects for a hobby. Bugman provides the main theme of the story—that life in an archive is similar to life among insects. In the book-ending reverie, radical feminists plan a “final solution” for men.