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Brooks Draws on Own Reporting for Novel Geraldine Brooks got the idea for her new book, "People of the Book: A Novel," while covering the Bosnian war as a foreign correspondent. The book is a fictional account of the Sarajevo Haggadah, a centuries-old manuscript.

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Brooks Draws on Own Reporting for Novel

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Geraldine Brooks got the idea for her new book, People of the Book: A Novel, while covering the Bosnian war as a foreign correspondent. The book is a fictional account of the Sarajevo Haggadah, a centuries-old manuscript.