"Racy as hell.hip, intelligent, sexy Johnny-Vas is one of the few literary adolescents as robust and intriguing as Huck Finn." -- Booklist (starred review) "A courageously written and compelling novel, original and strongly written." -- Sydney Star "A searingly perceptive narrative." -- Publishers Weekly "One of the most exciting literary debuts for some years.It manages the critical balancing act of simultaneously exploring the familiar and taking the reader somewhere new." -- Outrage "This is a thoroughly perverse book and Drinnan's conscious determination to break just about every taboo that people still take seriously makes it worthwhile. Glove Puppet isn't any sort of grim read, though.

It's more a black comedy of manners, an inverted Jane Austen.Drinnan writes with verve, economy, and wit." -- Big Issue.