What is the author's style in Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story by Paul Monette?

Paul tells his story in a colloquial, conversational tone that adds believability and frankness to his words, making them more real to the reader. The events he writes about are real to him and he makes them more so by relating them in vivid detail and using a variety of analogies to make his point. Paul uses his insight as an adult to infuse the tale of his life with his opinions on the events that happened to him as he sees them in retrospect. This not only provides the reader with a clearer picture of the events but also with a clearer perception of Paul himself: both as he grows up and as he is now, as an adult, having learned from all of his mistakes. T