← Herve BazinHead Against the Wallsby Herve BazinAsylum inmate's struggle for freedom and sanity in oppressive institutionFind on Amazon↗About the authorHerve BazinFrench author known for his acerbic fictional portraits of bourgeois family life. Viper in the Fist, his autobiographical debut, was a sensation for its unflinching portrait of a tyrannical mother.More by Herve BazinViper in the FistRebellious boy battles oppressive mother in coming-of-age novel→The Matrimonial Bed→Folly→Cry of the Owl→