“Broken Icarus,” “The Devil in the White City,” and the World’s Fair Nonfiction Novel – Chicago Review of Books
[ad_1] When the United States rejoined the Bureau of International Expositions in 2017, in support of a since-failed bid to bring a World’s Fair to Minneapolis in 2023, responses ranged from disbelief to indifference. No U.S. city has hosted a major fair since the Louisiana World Exposition of 1984, which publicly declared bankruptcy at mid-run. … Read more