Another Sedgwick, another 15 minutes of `Madness'.(News)

From: The Boston Herald | Date: September 3, 2006| Author: Hayes, Gayle Fee And Laura Raposa With Erin | Copyright information

Byline: GAYLE FEE AND LAURA RAPOSA WITH ERIN HAYES

Cambridge scribe John Sedgwick, cousin of '60s icon Edie and uncle of "The Closer" Kyra, likens his latest good fortune to a Patriot missile hitting its target.

"Remember how Raytheon was shooting off those Patriot missiles and how ridiculous the odds were that it was going to hit its target," asked the author. "Well, I hit one."

Sedgwick's latest book, "In My Blood: Six Generations of Madness and ...

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