Carcase for Hounds is a novel by Kenyan writer Meja Mwangi first published in 1974.

The novel was also adapted into a movie by Ola Balogun, Cry Freedom (1981; not to be confused with the more famous 1987 film of the same name).

It is set primarily in remote portions of Kenya, where the fighting took place in rain forests and on mountains.

G. D. Killam criticized the book for reasons similar to Burns, faulting the shallow development of characters others than those involved in the top hierarchy of respective the British and rebel forces.

[3] To the contrary, Charles R. Larson, also writing for Books Abroad, said that the fact that the novel alternates between the perspective of the Mau Mau and the British forces, which Charles R. Larson, also writing for Books Abroad, said contributed to a well-thought out and fast-paced plot.