Blurb from a JoCoNaut:

Friend of the cruise and benevolent leader of the Writing Track John Scalzi is best known for the Old Man's War series that made him (in)famous in scifi, but his first (self-)published novel is easy to overlook. Weird, often funny, including a long and elaborate fart joke sequence that can be both, it's an interesting glimpse into where John Scalzi's novel writing career has been, and a useful comparison to current silly fare like When the Moon Hits Your Eye and previous club read The Kaiju Preservation Society, because it shows that John has always been that silly.