Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes

"Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes"
Short story by J. D. Salinger
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreShort story
Publication
Published inThe New Yorker
PublisherLittle, Brown and Company
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"Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes" is a short story by J.D. Salinger, initially published in the July 14, 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 telephone conversations, the story surrounds three adult characters and the remainder of their evening after leaving a party.