num_pages: 134
description: Meja Mwangi's second Mau Mau novel tells the story of a small isolated group of forest fighters; one of many after operation Anvil. The group is under the command of a general called Haraka (Hurry) and the plot revolves round the fight between Haraka's men and British troops led by a Captain Kingsley. The fictional protagonists, Haraka and Kingsley, know each other as Haraka was once chief of a village under Kingsley's jurisdiction. The Captain is under pressure from his superiors, who demand immediate results in the attempts to crush the resistance met with from Haraka and his men.
language: English
title: Carcase for Hounds
titlecomplete: Carcase for Hounds
characters: Haraka, Captain Kingsley
genres: Fiction, African Literature, Africa
ratings_count: 83
publisher: Heinemann