The hero - a former successful journalist, and now a small apartment broker - meets love not at the best period of his life. He is not too surprised that the young and beautiful Monica turns out to be a jinetera - an intergirl of the Cuban type. Another thing is amazing: she was able to discern in the loser a man of great inner honesty and purity. And she reciprocated. Meanwhile, fate is preparing more and more tests for them, dragging them into the black whirlpools of modern history. The novel takes place in beautiful Havana. This city has seen a lot in its lifetime, and today it watches in silent amazement as the illusions of several generations crumble. It rains more and more often in Havana, changing the appearance of the streets and the lives of their inhabitants.