Falk: A Reminiscence is a humorous engaging and sometimes horrifying tale of old salts and their salty ways when it comes to business, gossip, romance and misadventure of the high seas. Conrad writes with a genuineness that can only come from direct, personal experience and that conveys a sense of reality that transcends mere fiction. That some of these characters in his story were real men and women is irrefutable and, in this particular story, we once again acquainted with that notorious gossip, Schomberg and his long suffering wife.