During those long school bus rides in Franklin County, Tennessee, Mike Farris entered a different planet. It was the world of radio. The bus driver ...

Robbins' death was confirmed by his friend, the publishing executive Craig Popelars, who said the author died Sunday morning.

NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Robbins, the novelist and prankster-philosopher who charmed and addled millions of readers with such screwball adventures as "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" and "Jitterbug Perfume," ...