In Havana, Cuba, on the eve of the Revolution, two brothers are swept apart by the unpredictable tides of history which will change, unite and finally destroy them both. Half a century later, returning home after a long boating weekend, Raymond and Margaret Doyle were horrified to discover an alligator in their swimming pool. They were even more upset to find a half digested corpse, also floating in their pool, wearing a pin-stripe, woolen suit in the middle of August. Who on earth would wear a pin stripe, woolen suit in South Florida in August! The 'Cuban Factor' is the first novel in the 'Greenhaven Trilogy' and is followed by 'Death on the Eighth'.