En 2004, Ivan, periodista de carrera, aspirante a escritor y ayudante en una pauperrima clinica veterinaria de la Universidad de La Habana, vuelve los ojos hacia cierto episodio de su vida, ocurrido en 1977, cuando conocio a un misterioso hombre que paseaba por la playa en compania de dos hermosos perros de raza rusa; tras varios encuentros, "el hombre que amaba a los perros", que dijo llamarse Jaime Lopez, comenzo a hacerlo depositario de sus confidencias, que poco a poco van centrandose en la figura del asesino de Trotski, Ramon Mercader, de quien asegura haber sido amigo y de quien sabe detalles muy intimos... / In 2004, Ivan, a career journalist, aspiring writer and assistant in a poverty-stricken veterinary clinic at the University of Havana, flashes back towards a certain episode in his life occurred in 1977 when he met a mysterious man who used to walked by the beach in the company of two beautiful Russian breed dogs. After several meetings, "the man who loved dogs", said Jaime Lopez was his name, and began to tell him his confidences, which were gradually focusing on the figure of the murderer of Trotsky, Ramón Mercader, of whom he claims have been friends and of whom he knows very intimate details. - from Amzon