It was also met with approval by The New Republic which said "Hersey's piece is certainly one of the great classics of the war".[16] While the majority of the excerpts praised the article, Mary McCarthy said that "to have done the atomic bomb justice, Mr. Hersey would have had to interview the dead".[17] It was quickly a book in the Book-of-the-Month Club; it was distributed for free because of the questions it raised about the humanity of the human race.[18] Hiroshima was also read word for word on the radio by the American Broadcasting Company, amplifying its effects.[4][19]