What is the author's style in Burr by Gore Vidal?

The language and meaning of Burr: A Novel is rich, challenging and convoluted. When Charlie is in the presence of Aaron Burr, the reader gets the sense that Burr is a hyperactive child, even at the opening of the novel, when Burr is seventy-seven. Burr is a man of high energy, capacious intelligence and acerbic wit. There will be times when a passage must be re-read in order to understand what Burr is saying and to what he is referring, as he does not always give the reader a direct reference. The language, spoken in the vernacular of Burr, Leggett and Charlie Schuyler, create a condition of believability for the reader. Each character has a specific speaking style that makes it relatively easy to follow the convoluted story-telling style.