Art Historian Helen Harrison Reimagines the 1939 World’s Fair as a Noir Murder Scene

By Steven Heller · Print Magazine · 2026-07-16

Print Magazine explores the intersection of design history and crime fiction in Helen A. Harrison’s new novel, A Fair Corpse. The narrative follows a rookie patrolman navigating the 1939 New York World’s Fair as he investigates suspicious injuries among WPA muralists and the deat

Print Magazine explores the intersection of design history and crime fiction in Helen A. Harrison’s new novel, A Fair Corpse. The narrative follows a rookie patrolman navigating the 1939 New York World’s Fair as he investigates suspicious injuries among WPA muralists and the deat