What is the author's tone in the memoir, Broken Summers?

Rollins' language is straightforward and simple, with strong appeal of call-it-like-it-is style and rough profanity-laced rants. Rollins cultivates an authorial persona that is interested only in essentials, and he keeps his interests close to home. He abstracts a Spartan philosophy from his day-to-day activities and the focus and aggression he needs to keep himself going on tour. His language is often consistent, as he exalts certain values, and decries certain flaws in people's personalities or in the government. Rollins extends himself, a little, to rant about the government, since this is a bit removed from his day-to-day life, but he is not nationalistic in his criticisms of the Bush government.