I am not big on award-winning books but the JCB Prize for Literature always seems to get it right. Some of my recent favorite reads by Indian authors (Jasmine Days and Poonachi) have been on the JCB shortlist. This year had an interesting mix across genres. Originally published in Malayalam as Meesha, and translated to English by Jayashree Kalathil, Moustache was a front runner. I had been keen to pick it up.