person
Khokhryukov
also: Хохрюков
Posudin's corrupt, loud, hard-drinking predecessor in office, dismissed after Posudin's arrival; the driver contrasts the two men's styles of travel, drink, and graft throughout his gossip.
Reading notes
- Murder Will Out (You Can't Hide an Awl in a Sack) §12 Khokhryukov
Posudin's predecessor in the post, remembered by the driver as loud, corrupt, and universally recognized -- a foil the driver uses throughout to measure the new official, not always in Posudin's favor.