We meet him on his way to work at the Capmeadow business park, accompanied by his eight-year-old daughter, Hen. It’s Bring Your Daughter to Work Day, or Crowley thinks it is. Pester’s satirical and surreal scrutiny pushes the concept of the ‘work-life balance’ to its limit. Bring Your Egg to Work Day, perhaps. Hard work will do that to a glans.’ I walk past a Wickes most days and Pester’s story often lurches into my mind.