Reading Response Suggestions for Drieu

The suggestions I've been toying with are first, to consider the book as a stylized literary expression of a real event - Alain is modeled on the writer Jacques Rigaut, a close friend of the author who had killed himself two years before the book was published. That is, how can writing creatively express the real world?

On the other hand, we can look at the novel as a highly polished, stylized work - what stylistic techniques are used to make it hold together so well. And also, what connects "Farewell to Gonzague" to the novel itself? What are the differences in style and voice that indicate that it goes together with Will O The Wisp (it was not originally published - it was found in Drieu's manuscripts).

Otherwise, feel free to write about any aspect that you like!