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Alas, Poor Maling

Graham Greene

First published February 1949
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Maling's stomach acts as a sound recorder which plays back recorded sounds at inopportune moments.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
February 1949 Nineteen Stories The Viking Press Collection
1954 Cover Twenty-One Stories William Heinemann Collection 200
July 1955 Cover Nineteen Stories Lion Library Collection 160
1973 Cover Twenty-One Stories Penguin Books Collection 166
February 1981 Cover Twenty-One Stories Penguin Books Collection
October 2010 Cover Twenty-One Stories Vintage Digital Collection