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Carcase for Hounds

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.

  • Format
  • unknown binding
  • Pages
  • 5
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780435901455
  • Characters
  • Haraka, Captain Kingsley
  • Genres
  • africa, fiction
  • Release date
  • 1974