Madonna Has a Brother?

Or maybe past tense -- as in had a brother -- would be on the mark since said brother is apparently working on a book that may be less than flattering to his famous older sibling.

From Australia’s Herald Sun:

Christopher Ciccone has signed a deal with publishers Simon and Schuster and will be working with Wendy Leigh, who's responsible for writing biographies on Liza Minnelli, Grace Kelly and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Living With My Sister Madonna will chronicle Christopher's 47-year relationship with the Material Girl singer and will have an initial print run of 350,000 copies.

The Herald Sun piece is here. MTV gives us basically the same info, but gets a bit chattier here. And Reuters lets us know that the book will be published next month, so I guess Ciccone is quite beyond working on the book: it’s all over but the kvetching.

Madonna news is endless, btw. The star denies divorce rumors here and (here’s a funny one) Duran Duran whines that she copied their smooth moves here.

Meanwhile, in Madonna-lore that is quite a bit more on point for this venue, the star’s latest book for children, English Roses: Being Binah # 6 (Puffin) will be published in July.