A raucous family history of the Irish-American enclave of South Buffalo, New York, Michael Joyce's novel, The War Outside Ireland , The War Outside Ireland was widely reviewed and selected as a Small Press Book Club selection; won the Great Lakes New Writers Award in fiction in 1983; and was featured in the USIA international traveling exhibit, "America's Best."
This might be hard for people to find, but it is well worth it. A wonderful and moving look at an Irish Catholic family in South Buffalo through the eyes of its eldest son.