Incriminating Evidence: The Collected Writings of Lydia Lunch [Paperback]

Lydia Lunch (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1992

mixed-genre, illustrations by Kristian Hoffman

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Last Gasp (March 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0867193808
• ISBN-13: 978-0867193800
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,808,956 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rants and Raves, March 3, 1997

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This review is from: Incriminating Evidence: The Collected Writings of Lydia Lunch (Paperback)

I have followed Lydia Lunch's career for nearly 12 years now. I have seen her monologize dozens of times, watched her bands perform, and read her rants and attempts at fiction in many zines and books. I have come to admire her energy and anger that she channels into her art. What I have a problem with is what she does and what she is capable of doing: Lunch is stuck in a rut where she capitalizes on her life and experiences and little more. Not there are not enough interesting occurrences in Lunch's autobiography, and certainly not that fact that she does not have enough to complain about what is wrong with the world. It's that she has elevated her prose to such an interesting and unique style and voice that it seems a pity that she wastes most of her time these days on the rants that made her into the post-punk icon that she is. Lunch is a talented writer; she deals with the same topics as the overrated Kathy Acker---but the level of intensity and emotion in Lunch's work can put Acker's work to shame. What exists in these pages is good, but it is nothing special---potentially Lunch has the ability to be very special. Maybe someday

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It leads to unclear, inarticulate things...., March 18, 2000

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This review is from: Incriminating Evidence: The Collected Writings of Lydia Lunch (Paperback)

I don't have much time to talk today, but I will tell you this. I love reading, and this is the not the best I have ever read.

The ending was sad, but very well written and thought out. I think this book is realy wonderull but, unforunitly, this is one of the most depressing books I've ever read, but it does present an excellent discussion about conspiracy and power. When I read this story, I was amazed: the book is fundamentally an expression of the deepest alienation in the minds of man.

Everyone should read this book if they can. There are many levels of comparison other than that of me who, like so many others, was forced to read this book. This story serves as a warning to all who trust. What next Mrs. Lunch?

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lydia Lunch......The Voice of the New Millenium, January 28, 1998

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This review is from: Incriminating Evidence: The Collected Writings of Lydia Lunch (Paperback)

The infamous Lydia Lunch, sub culture queen of the last decade or so, takes the reader on a voyage through the dark recesses of her mind. I have been a fan of her's for years and this literary gem that Lydia has bestowed upon us is equal to her other works. This particular collection seems to be a bit more personal and the exorcising of some of her own demons while forcing us(the reader) to re-evaluate our lives and rid ourselves of some of our own demons. "Daddy Dearest" is the most powerful and speaks to thousands of individuals who have suffered abuse of one form or another from someone trusted and loved. What appears at first to be a selection of psycotic ramblings is in actuality a tour of what makes Lydia "tick" and what has made her the way she is. We are all products of our enviroment and no one puts it more clearer than our Dearest Lydia....Definately not for the weak hearted or narrow minded...but a definate must for those who are fans of female angst. You Go Girl!!!!!