What is the author's style in Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories by Jean Shepherd?

The language of Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories and Other Disasters by Jean Shepherd is cleverly wrought. There are the hillbilly Bumpus clan, who speak with an obvious Kentucky accent, "Ah nevah did heah such a crock a hog drippin's" (p. 30), spoken by Delbert Bumpus at school. The entire area of town is populated by blue-collar workers who bowl on Wednesday nights and frequent the Blue Bird Tavern on a regular basis. The narrator's father speaks his mind without question.