Uncle Charles Has Locked Himself In

San Diego / New York / London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x0x8. First American edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Spine head of jacket reverse soiled. 1987 Hard Cover. 150 pp. Translated from the French by Howard Curtis. Upon returning home, Charles Dupenn, a humble bookkeeper, locks himself in the attic and will not respond to his wife or his daughters, who remain downstairs speculating on what might be happening as they cast anxious glances at the ceiling.