A Bantam Book · N5278

Nine
Stories

by J.D. Salinger

Nine Fictions · First Published 1953

i

A Perfect Day for Bananafish

ii

Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut

iii

Just Before the War with the Eskimos

iv

The Laughing Man

v

Down at the Dinghy

vi

For Esmé — with Love and Squalor

vii

Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes

viii

De Daumier‑Smith’s Blue Period

ix

Teddy

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