7 JANUARY 1984, page 20

Kurd And Gent

Anthony Blond Saladin in his Time P.H. Newby (Faber and Faber £10.95) A l-Malik al-Nasir Salah al-Din Abu 1-Muzaffer Yusuf ibn Ayyub ibn Shadi (Saladin) was a jumped-up Kurd who......

Pyromania

Lewis Jones A Minor Apocalypse Tadeusz Konwicki (Faber & Faber £8.95) Ana P. I.I. Magdalen (World's Work £7.95) The Dream of a Beast Neil Jordan (Chatto/Hogarth £6.95) Mortal......