What is the author's style in The Contender by Robert Lipsyte?

The novel is written in the third person and the point of view is that of the main character in the story, Alfred Brooks. The novel is written using a mixture of descriptive prose and dialogue. In both the narrative and dialogue passages the author uses an economy of words, avoiding long descriptions of people and physical surroundings and long speeches by the characters. This tight, economical approach to storytelling allows the author to move from one scene to the next quickly and efficiently, and keeps the action moving forward at an entertaining pace.