"An absolute delight. Bentley transforms the inner monologues of family guilt and grudge and bafflement into darkly comic arias of the unspoken, punctuated with the chronic discords of what should never have been said. The best moments here are as good as writing gets."
- The Toronto Globe and Mail 

"The best satirical look at what Canada once was since Stephen Leacock's Sunshine Sketches of a Small Town. Blind Man's Drum warms the cockles of the reader with the assurance that there remains a place in the population of Canadian small towns for the backward and the quirky."
- The Danforth Review, Toronto

"Told with a soft, kindhearted voice, Bentley creates characters that not only leap off the page, but sit down next to you to read over your shoulder, chortling at their own exploits. Bentley presents his characters as the landscape, the readers exploring their surroundings through the senses of their narrative drives."
- The Ultimate Hallucination

"Exhibits a grand imagination. Reading Blind Man's Drum is like traveling down a country road in the back of a half-ton with your legs hanging over the tailgate."
- Planet S

"Skillful dramatic pacing and wonderful dialogue, the storytelling is simultaneously grim and hilarious." 
- Gayla Reid, Saskatchewan Book Awards.

"These linked stories hum with a kind of raw energy. Bentley is adept at both subtle and grandly comic character sketches."
- Thomas Wharton, Saskatchewan Book Awards. 

"Hilarious. Irreverent. Speaks to the perversity in us all. Bentley, a man of seemingly infinite creative talents, has found his niche. A fine launch to a writing career." 
- The Saskatoon Star Phoenix