Tom Robbins changed my life. When a friend gave me a copy of his novel Jitterbug Perfume, which I consider his best, in the late 1980s, Robbins was already past his prime, when it was fashionable ...

Tom Robbins, the counter-cultural author of novels such as Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and Jitterbug Perfume has died at the age of 92. The news was announced by the writer’s wife, Alexa Robbins ...

Donald Barthelme once said, "Those who never attempt the absurd never achieve the impossible." Robbins (Still Life with Woodpecker; Jitterbug Perfume; etc.) has made a career of attempting and ...