diff --git a/lamb.cabal b/lamb.cabal
index 134cc60..0465f79 100644
--- a/lamb.cabal
+++ b/lamb.cabal
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ executable lamb
     main-is:          Main.hs
     other-modules:    Parser,
                       Evaluation
-    build-depends:    base
+    build-depends:    base, parsec
     hs-source-dirs:   src
     default-language: Haskell2010
 
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ test-suite lamb-tests
                         ParserSpec,
                         Evaluation,
                         EvaluationSpec
-    build-depends:      base, hspec
+    build-depends:      base, hspec, parsec
     build-tool-depends: hspec-discover:hspec-discover
     default-language:   Haskell2010
diff --git a/src/Parser.hs b/src/Parser.hs
index 9e59750..e259bd3 100644
--- a/src/Parser.hs
+++ b/src/Parser.hs
@@ -1,12 +1,36 @@
 module Parser where
 
+import Control.Monad (void)
+import Text.Parsec
+import Text.Parsec.String (Parser)
+
 data Expr = Variable String | Abstraction (String, Expr) | Application (Expr, Expr)
   deriving (Eq)
 
 instance Show Expr where
   show (Variable name) = name
   show (Abstraction (arg, body)) = "λ" ++ arg ++ ". " ++ show body
-  show (Application (f, x)) = show f ++ " " ++ show x
+  show (Application (f, x)) = "(" ++ show f ++ " " ++ show x ++ ")"
+
+ws :: Parser ()
+ws = skipMany (void space)
+
+variable :: Parser Expr
+variable = do
+  name <- many letter
+  return $ Variable name
+
+abstraction :: Parser Expr
+abstraction = do
+  _ <- void (char 'λ')
+  variable <- many letter
+  body <- parseExpr
+  return $ Abstraction (variable, body)
+
+parseExpr :: Parser Expr
+parseExpr = variable <|> abstraction
 
 parse :: String -> Either String Expr
-parse _ = Left "unimplemented"
+parse content = case Text.Parsec.parse parseExpr "<input>" content of
+  Left err -> Left (show err)
+  Right val -> Right val
diff --git a/test/ParserSpec.hs b/test/ParserSpec.hs
index cb67e5b..933f218 100644
--- a/test/ParserSpec.hs
+++ b/test/ParserSpec.hs
@@ -1,10 +1,49 @@
 module ParserSpec (spec) where
 
-import Parser (Expr (Abstraction, Variable), parse)
+import Parser (Expr (Abstraction, Application, Variable), parse)
 import Test.Hspec
 
 spec :: Spec
 spec = do
   describe "Parser" $ do
-    it "can parse basic expressions" $
+    it "can parse variable" $
+      (parse "x") `shouldBe` Right (Variable "x")
+    it "can parse identity abstraction" $
       (parse "λx.x") `shouldBe` Right (Abstraction ("x", Variable "x"))
+    it "can parse mockingbird of identity" $
+      (parse "(λx.x x) (λx.x)") -- (λx.x) (λx.x) -> (λx.x)
+        `shouldBe` Right
+          ( Application
+              ( Abstraction
+                  ( "x",
+                    Application
+                      ( Variable "x",
+                        Variable "x"
+                      )
+                  ),
+                Abstraction ("x", Variable "x")
+              )
+          )
+    it "it can parse successor" $
+      (parse "λn.λf.λx.f (n f x)")
+        `shouldBe` Right
+          ( Abstraction
+              ( "n",
+                Abstraction
+                  ( "f",
+                    Abstraction
+                      ( "x",
+                        Application
+                          ( Variable "f",
+                            Application
+                              ( Application
+                                  ( Variable "n",
+                                    Variable "f"
+                                  ),
+                                Variable "x"
+                              )
+                          )
+                      )
+                  )
+              )
+          )