Do you like Faulkner?
Last year, I read “Old Man” and I found Fulkner’s writing style to be dense and at the same time wandering.
He was not an easy author to follow - at least my my standards.
The main reason I enjoyed this particular piece by Faulkner is twofold:
1.) I spent a year in Mississippi in 1963. He nails life there, although he wrote of a period 30 years earlier, and,
2.) I’m a huge Elvis fan. The parallel between Jefferson/Tupelo and Memphis are uncanny. Same time frame, also.
Otherwise, I agree with your observations about Faulkner’s style.