James Wormold is a British expat in post World War II Havana. A single father, facing a daily uphill struggle to run his vacuum cleaner business, he is unexpectedly employed by the British Government to seek out and report intelligence and also to recruit agents. While his desire to not let down his homeland provides some motivation, more importantly the windfall allowance granted eases his financial difficulties, allowing him to achieve elevated status within the community.

These are troubling times. Globally, it seems that conflict, armed, political or economic, and general fractiousness are on the rise, irrespective of your political viewpoint. North Korea. Trump. The rise of nationalism in many European countries. And Brexit. The philosopher Santayana observed that those who fail to heed the lessons of history are condemned to repeat them. An Elephant In The Garden relates the tale of an ordinary family living in Dresden. In the years leading