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“Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes” is a short story by J.D. Salinger, initially published in the July, 1951 issue of The New Yorker, and later within the larger collection of Salinger’s short works, Nine Stories (April, 1953). Over the span of a few conversations over the phone, the story surrounds three adult characters and the remainder of their evening after leaving a party.

Plot summary
The story opens in...