A new translation of a pop classic. "I've never finished anything," says Felix Nasmyth about himself: out of the children's choir, church, and school orchestra, dropping out of college, divorce. But somehow Felix gets by. And just when money is tight again, a friend tells him how to become wealthy, tax-free. For one summer, Felix and two buddies grow hemp in the mountains of California. Then comes the harvest and supposedly half a million dollars. But they didn't count on curious neighbors, torrential rains, wildfires, Felix's new love, and an annoying drug investigator - above all, they believed in the promise of easy money.