I have not read as much Gene Wolfe as I should have but I did read The Book of the New Sun. Rather that providing my comments, I thought I would let you read Michael Dirda and Gene Wolfe's discussion of the series here.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1983/01/30/gene-wolfe-talks-alout-the-book-of-the-new-sun/4314a055-0d38-4d69-ae03-d80f961fe938/?utm_term=.91e7c97313a5
For an overview of his career you might like this tribute from the Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/16/gene-wolfe-science-fiction-author-dies-aged-87
And a nice post with links can be found at, Battered, Tattered, Yellowed & Creased, Adventures in Fiction
https://yellowedandcreased.wordpress.com/2019/04/22/in-memoriam-gene-wolfe/
I found this link to fascinating article on Wolfe in the New Republic there;
https://newrepublic.com/article/153615/gene-wolfe-proust-science-fiction
The Timescale edition above has my favourite Wolfe cover, it is by Don Maitz.
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