'Ask the Parrot' is a masterpiece of lean writing and tight plotting, rough humour and deft characterisation.
Parker is on the run after a country town bank robbery goes wrong. There are road blocks in the lanes and search parties with sniffer dogs are out in the woods. Separated from his associates, Parker is confronted by a local citizen with a shotgun. But this citizen is not out to arrest him: he wants Parker to help him carry out a robbery of his own.
