I grew up during this time period and Uncle Stevie flat-a** nails the whole chaotic feel from then. The sheer vividness of his characterizations and descriptions of towns and settings has consistently blown me away. I have always felt if I rolled into one of these places-I wouldn't need GPS to get around, and any of his characters become like real folk-and ones that I could bump into and start chatting up like old friends, uhhh except for those cock-a-doodie bad ones-them I would probably soil myself over...