Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

by Mick Herron

EFU: “Equipment fuck-up…”

(London rules): When you got to boardroom level, playing fair wasn’t even a bullet point. Who’d screwed up didn’t matter; who’d been visible during the screw-up did.

(He had) posted it on the web for other toerags to laugh at. It was as if the internet validated certain actions . . .

Factotum was one of the words used to describe Sebastian; PJ had also heard major-domo and even batman. That last one was quite good, in fact. Caped crusader. Dark deeds, in the cause of righteousness. Righteousness also meaning PJ.

dictionary Factotum factotum /fakˈtōdəm/ I. noun an employee who does all kinds of work • he was employed as the general factotum.

Majordomo Wikipedia A majordomo (US: / merdzar'doomou/) is a person who speaks, makes arrangements, or takes charge for another. Typically, this is the highest (major) person of a household (domus or domicile) staff, a head servant who acts on behalf of the owner of a large or significant residence.

Dictionary batman /'batman/ I. noun ‹ dated› in the British armed forces) an officer's personal servant.