London, UK 2026 After spending his childhood in Fiesole, writer, performer and academic Victor Rees, who is currently living in London, decided to return to Florence after finishing his PhD on The Mystic and the Visionary in the works of Brian Catling, to get ideas for his newest work in progress. Victor took Il Palmerino as a chance to write about the connection of past memories and new experiences to integrate in his upcoming novel, which he states is probably his most pers