Top Gear presenter Clarkson and former Daily Mirror editor Morgan have been nominated for the WHSmith Book of the Year title. Their nominations – Morgan for The Insider and Clarkson for The World According To Clarkson – could make for fireworks at ne
xt month's awards ceremony.
The two, who famously loathe each other, came to blows at another ceremony two years ago when Clarkson punched Morgan in the face.
The Top Gear host also poured a glass of water into Morgan's lap in a scrap aboard a Concorde flight.
Last night Morgan said: "I am absolutely desperate to win, purely to see Jeremy Clarkson's face."
Clarkson's verdict on his rival was succinct: "As a writer, Morgan's missing on all cylinders."
Other contenders in the category include Sharon Osbourne, Jamie Oliver and JK Rowling for the big prize at this year's British Book Awards. Osbourne has been nominated for her warts-and-all autobiography Extreme.
She faces competition from Oliver's cookbook Jamie's Italy and Rowling's latest wizard adventure, Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince.
The awards will be held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on March 29.
