Résuméby Paul Max Banks"The massive Hancock Center sat erect as a prescient cat its glass and steel eyes monitored the yuppie trendsetters in the chic spots at its feet.""Cloning could not be fiercely debated in this neighborhood "She gulped, hiccupped and snickered. "Love only bruises, bites-scrapes and burns. Who's ready for that?""Hey, you got it. I'm the 49ers always exciting to watch and always high scoring," boasted Kurt, flexing his biceps. "Always on the hustle, baby."Erik lifted himself halfway from his seat. He bent over and kissed Jorie on the forehead. She looked at him wide eyed. "What's that for?" she asked."Forever and ever.""Will this be an honor to wear the same shorts all the other sluts have worn?"" everything we were taught growing up about building a résumé is wrong, untrue.""If this is the real world it really knocks you on your ass-doesn't it, honey?" "For a beach read or a travel read, Résumé stands head and shoulders above the other candidates." -- Author of Ernst Mach's World Elements, July 2004 "It s not often that a 20-something yuppie fiction novel also has appeal to middle aged mothers." -- The Regional News, July 29, 2004 "Paul Max Banks is a new-age novelist whose time has come." -- Rob C. Christiansen, The Heckler "Resume is a novel of war between the sexes...their struggle to survive makes for eyebrow raising reading." -- Midwest Book Review "These characters and settings are so realistic that this book is essentially a field guide to the Chicago nightlife." -- Jeremy Zuleger, WLZR, Milwaukee "They fight over copies of this book around here." -- Daily Illini "This is THE definitive coming of age story for our generation. This author displays his wit brilliantly." -- David J. Kmiecik, ABC-TV, WOOW "a big time author who is certain to influence the next generation of aspiring writers." -- WPGU Urbana- WPGU Urbana-Champaign "brilliant anything but common. These characters and settings are so realistic this book's a field guide to the Chicago nightlife." -- Jeremy Zuleger, WLZR, Milwaukee What kind of Chicago girl drinks too much, goes on guerrilla shopping sprees in her Jetta, and cant remember the guy she makes out with after 24 hours? Meet the "LP Trixies." There's Jorie, a wealthy limousine liberal princess; her friend Kelly, a gorgeous man-eater; and Tara, a small town transplant. What sort of guy has to be both man enough to talk sports and sensitive enough to close the ladies, while seeking elusive employment in the jobless recovery? Meet the "Chads:" Kurt, a would be sports hero who prides himself on making girls do the walk of shame; Erik, an engineer and proud intellectual; and Steve, a macho party guy who visits the Art Institute. "Friends" meets "Survivor" in this tale of the age of lowered expectations and all out war between the sexes, as the Trixies square off against the Chads. Battling their quarter-life crisis, they spew quasi-political rants, rag on their friends, and look for love in all the wrong places sometimes missing it by a hair. All this transpires against a post 9/11 Chicago backdrop bristling with local landmarks and enough assorted wackos to stock a large lockdown-ward. Paul Max Banks's Résumé reveals the souls under the stereotypes and the slow crawl towards maturity just beneath the surface of the party cycle. His style is arch and biting but always human. "the massive Hancock Center sat erect as a prescient cat its glass and steel eyes monitored the yuppie trendsetters in the chic spots at its feet." "Cloning could not be fiercely debated in this neighborhood " She gulped, hiccupped and snickered. "Love only bruises, bites scrapes and burns. Who s ready for that?" "Hey, you got it. I m the 49ers always exciting to watch and always high scoring," boasted Kurt, flexing his biceps. "Always on the hustle, baby." Erik lifted himself halfway from his seat. He bent over and kissed Jorie on the forehead. She looked at him wide eyed. "What s that for?" she asked. "Forever and ever." "Will this be an honor to wear the same shorts all the other sluts have worn?" " everything we were taught growing up about building a resume is wrong, untrue." "If this is the real world it really knocks you on your ass doesn t it, honey." While attending the University of Illinois, Paul Max Banks was a columnist for the Daily Illini and contributor to ESPN.com. In 2004 he wrote for the Kerry campaign. He also writes for the satirical Wrigleyville based publication, the Heckler. He currently lives in a "trendy" neighborhood on Chicago's north side.