... of the story of the crime,” and the story of the investigation” (The Poetics of Prose 44-45) The whodunnit, in other words, contains at the same time, “two points of view about the same thing” ... re-examination of the assumptions that shape our understanding of crime fiction Phay Introduction: The Centre Cannot Hold Crime Fiction and Postmodernism The postmodern would be that which in the ... tone, and awareness of textuality that is best encapsulated by the term postmodern. ” Furthermore, in the case of Highsmith and Christie, judging by the dearth of readings focusing on their use of...