Montherlant is not really a man of modernity and he boasted. Lovers of ancient Rome, the myth of man but also of strong young man underlies in his books. But here it's girls ... No, it comes to writing. To write and describe a writer. Not all writers but Costals anthipatique often a seducer, that is in fact human. Note the parallel between seduction and writing and the need for Costals, the main character, conquer. For if he conquers the literature by his work, he conquers the world by women. And more specifically, young people and specifically the virgins. These are described with an unmasked misogyny, that is of interest, and we may be surprised that the success of the cycle is established originally on the female audience. Is that it seems that everything that is misogynist Costals includes women. And when he analyzed it, it concludes that the best thing to do is to defend. Each to his skin. It's a way as any to see things. Is it respectable? Montherlant The cycle does not care about self-righteousness, he attacks the myth of marriage and other social issues sacrosanct report gender. I would add with caution as Montherlant was homosexual and that this finally a legitimate form of objectivity. But be careful not to confuse the author and his character ...