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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780345325327 ISBN: 034532532X Label: Ballantine Books Manufacturer: Ballantine Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 368 Publication Date: July 12, 1985 Publisher: Ballantine Books Release Date: July 12, 1985 Studio: Ballantine Books Related Items: Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: "Mr. Patterson is a natural storyteller....Fast moving...A handsome job." THE NEW YORK TIMES William Lasko is a self-made millionaire who's got an eye for wealth and influence, the ear of the president, and a talent for using both to get what he wants. Now the Economic Crimes Commission wants the corrupt, untouchable Lasko brought down--and U.S. Attorney Christopher Paget is tapped to take on the job. To gather enough evidence to nail Lasko without alienating the White House, Paget's got to go by the book. But Lasko makes his own rules. And eliminating enemies is William Lasko's golden one.... Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Chris Paget lives!Haven't read _The Lasko Tangent_ (yet: I know, I know--so why am I writing this review?!). Truth be told I came to Richard North Patterson's plot and character development from his more recent books. And I'd like you to know that Chris Paget remains a great character in the ones that I've read where he has appeared... _Conviction_ is (perhaps?) the most recent. Now that I'm halfway done with _Degree of Guilt_ I think I've got to put _Exile_ back on the library ... Read More Rating: - ANOTHER WINNER!Good story, well crafted and hard to put down! I'll read ALL his books in the future. Rating:  - Very Well Written, but Problematic in Some AreasTHE LASKO TANGENT is Richard North Patterson's first novel, written in 1978 at the age of twenty-nine. It won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, and Patterson later wrote two massively successful books featuring the same lead character in the early 1990s. For a debut, THE LASKO TANGENT is extremely well written. Patterson is clearly a first-rate wordsmith, and you can see his talent virtually leap off the page. My major problem with this novel, however, is that the central character ... Read More Rating: - CRISP BUT NOT TOTALLY SATISFYINGThis is Patterson's first book, and in his introduction he offers an explanation for its inception. Christopher Paget appears in two later novels, "Degree of Guilt" and "Eyes of a Child" which are far superior novels than this one. Be warned, though---if you read "Degree of Guilt" first you'll pretty much know what happens in this book. Paget is a little overbearing and cynical in this one and not as likeable in his mature years. The pace is pretty effective, and the villains are appropriately nasty. ... Read More Rating: - Early Patterson Pretty Smokin'This is the first of the "Paget Trilogy" and is a pretty decent book. Let's remember Patterson was 29 when he wrote this back in 1979. I guess that could explain the dope references, which didn't bother me at all. A flawed main protagonist??? Oh my God, The HORROR!!! Easy read that will set you up for the much better "Degree of Guilt". 
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