The extraordinary story has emerged of how Agnetha Faltskog's loneliness led her into the arms of a deranged fan who stalked her, befriended her and then left her fearing for her life Having started out as an obsessed fan, he stalked Agnetha with frightening zeal until finally, when she was at the lowest ebb in her periodically troubled life, he became her secret boyfriend. When Agnetha Faltskog sang the seductively inviting words of the group's chart-topping hit, Dancing Queen – 'Anyone could be that guy' – she surely wasn't imagining herself waltzing off with a corpulent Dutchman who works at a water-pump factory.īut in an astonishing interlude that unfolded 25 years ago, and will be relived in a controversial Amazon Prime documentary on May 19, Gert van der Graaf did precisely that. The Swedish siren universally known, in the non-PC 1970s, as 'the blonde one' in ABBA.

Watching this unprepossessing character clamber into his car (a Volvo, of course), it is impossible to believe that he once slept next to the pop star of countless red-blooded male fantasies.

He is in his late 50s, jowly and seriously overweight, straining the seams of his yellow and black warehouse jersey. It’s impossible to walk away from this book without feeling hopeful.Emerging from his red-brick terraced house, in a seldom-visited village in the peatlands of north-western Holland, a balding man drives off to begin his night shift as a forklift truck driver. “For the Amazon Books editors, The Girl with the Louding Voice stood out thanks to its unforgettable characters and message of hope and determination when all feels lost. In every page and chapter of these profound books, we found opportunities to escape to different worlds, travel through time, and remind ourselves of the things that connect us all,” said Sarah Gelman, Editorial Director, Amazon Books. “Determining the Best Books of the Year So Far took on even greater importance this year as many of us spent months at home and often turned to books to better understand our new normal or seek reprieve in another person’s story. The list of the top 20 books published between January and June of this year was chosen by Amazon’s book editorial team.ĭrum roll please! The Amazon Books editors reveal their picks for the Best Books of 2020 So Far: /Bdes7mfsqP Today Amazon announced their picks for the best books of 2020 so far, with Abi Daré’s debut novel The Girl with the Louding Voice at number one.

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