Part 1, Invincibility, Chapters 1-3 Summary

In chapter one, Crop Failure, the unnamed narrator says there were good times in the beginning. The good times begin with falling in love with Candy during an Indian summer. They start out in Sydney and live off money from Candy's grandfather, and then perform scams for six months to a year. The narrator wants to go to detox, but ends up buying a special Sri Lankan heroin from his dealer.

Candy leaves for Melbourne and promises to detox. The narrator hopes for normal life with Candy and promises to detox as well. Mason Brown, his pot-smoking and loyal friend, tells him of a crop he wants to grow in the Australian outback. The crop is never given a name, but it is most likely marijuana. Mason says the narrator can help him cut through the brush...