What is the author's style in Tales of Ordinary Madness by Charles Bukowski?

Bukowski's language is his trademark. His language is raw and often foul, utilizing profanities less as punctuation than as a staple of his vocabulary. Bukowski's style is conversational, observational, and stark, and his stories read more as play-by-play summaries of events in his life than they do as linear plotlines. This unschooled style of writing reflects his personality. Truth and reality are of the utmost importance, and Bukowski rather quit writing than write something phony or contrived. Because of that dedication to his own integrity, Bukowski "tells it like it is".