14 MAY 1983, page 27

Ali In Love

Francis King Porky Deborah Moggach (Cape £7.95) S ince the days of the Pharaohs, the Cenci and Byron, incest has come down in the world. Like bingo, dog-racing, going on strike......

A Hero Of Our Time

John Jolliffe Memoirs Petro G. Grigorenko Translated by Thomas P. Whitney (Harvill Press £15) I n the years between 1967 and 1977 General Grigorenko was the most for- nudable......