It is not known who took photographs of the book, whose contents have ..(whose-which)

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abo.omar

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It is not known who took photographs of the book, whose contents have been kept a secret before the book is published at 12.01 am on Saturday.

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Whose or which?
 
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'Which' is incorrect.

Some people do not like the use of 'whose' for inanimate things, and would write 'the contents of which'.
 
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