This Is the Castle

The writer Dutheil, famous, difficult, a recluse, is drawn more and more into the violent country of his imagination.

Does he in fact live in a castle with valuable antique furniture? Is he having an affair with his secretary?
What really does the American journalist want in coming to interview him? And what about his feelings towards his daughter – incestuous or disciplinary?
The crunch comes at the end of a long, tense day: does he kill?